Sagittarius III: Spectrality
Mutable fire: overexposure, doubles, the numinous
Darkness can hide secrets in the shadows, but too much whiteness – as in fog, bright sunlight, or overexposed photographs – hides just as much.
Nine of Wands
Mutable fire: heat, tenderness, the warrior
The Nine of Wands is the red neon light that glows in the distance, keeping you awake, but also reminding you that you aren’t alone.
Sagittarius II: Neon
Mutable fire: luminosity, artificial light, spectacle
Kening Zhu’s illustration is trippy and wild; like the night sky has opened up and turned into a videogame with a psychedelic trail leading into the heavens.
Eight of Wands
Mutable fire: the speed of light, arrows, lightning
The Eight of Wands pierces us, makes us feel the prick of the arrow, the scent of blood, the thrill of the hunt. It is immediate and it is alive.
Sagittarius I: Grail
Mutable fire: wildfire, rainbows, ruby slippers
The search for the grail is a heroic, technicolour adventure filtered through the rose-coloured glasses of fantasy.
Reproduction in Sara Tuss Efrik’s Persona Peep Show
Mutable fire: film screens, spectrality, excess
‘You want to pee in a red hood you want to lock yourself inside the house. You want to sleep with the wolf. You want to turn on the oven.’
Electric Light
Mutable fire: emergencies, cinematic glimmers, glowworms
The dark spools forward and I grip the branch. I lunge into the deep mud and my holy communion dress is ratted at the hem.
Electricity in the Writing Workshop
Mutable fire: mass psychic currents, desires, teaching and learning
In the writing workshop, there is more free association than we admit, and there is more impossibility than the form officially allows.