How to Use the Cards

I made this deck as an invitation
to slow down and notice.

The images are wordless on purpose.
They do not explain.
They keep you company.

Begin anywhere.
Pull one card when you need a pause,
or a few when you want a wider view.

Let it speak through memory, feeling,
curiosity, or quiet recognition, yes, that.

You do not have to understand it.
Just stay long enough to notice
what lives between the ordinary
and what is so easy to miss,

the simple beauty of noticing
what has been here all along.

Pull One Card

Look at the image before you reach for meaning.

Notice what your eyes go to first,
light, gesture, shape, distance, color.

Then try one question:

If you journal, start small:

Describe what you see, plainly,
as if you are describing it to someone on the phone.

Name one body feeling,
tight, warm, heavy, open, restless.

Then ask: what does this image want me to notice, not fix?

Sometimes the card is not an answer,
it is a doorway.

When you’re done, thank the image, and return to your day.

If you’d like to share what you pull, tag @betweentheordinary, so we can notice together.