{"id":22014,"date":"2023-01-26T08:30:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T13:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=22014"},"modified":"2023-01-24T23:58:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T04:58:43","slug":"sagas-among-the-arcana-impulse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2023\/01\/26\/sagas-among-the-arcana-impulse\/","title":{"rendered":"Sagas Among the Arcana: Impulse"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Devil is drawn \u2014 addiction, strange experiences<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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\u201cHave you heard of the snake upon the hill?\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Everyone is aware of that snake. One knows its existence as well as they know that the sky is blue. However, today the sky is red, so maybe some do not know of its existence as well. But I do \u2014 which is why I am at the hill \u2014 which is what I also told the woman.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThen why go up it?\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Why? Does one know why the sky is blue? No, it just is \u2014 just how Impulse is. Impulse that now leads me up the hill. It doesn\u2019t speak to me, it only grasps my hand firmly. It won\u2019t seem like it will leave me anytime soon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Impulse tells me things, not through words, but through actions. It\u2019s telling me now that I have to meet the Devil Snake \u2014 I did not know it was called the Devil Snake, but Impulse decides that it is.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, when I reach the cave Impulse also commands that I take it as a sword and slay the serpent, and who am I to refuse Impulse\u2019s command? So it slithers down my arm to my palm where it allows me to hold it by its legs. I go into the cave with Impulse\u2019s strong hold on me. Its strong hold tugs me through the dark cool archway, which immediately consumes us within its darkness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I can only see the Devil Snake because it is on fire, making it glow an unearthly amber. It hisses, a pink tongue sticks out. Impulse resolves that I must cut it. I flinch, for once doubting Impulse. <\/span>What if it eats me?<\/span><\/i> But Impulse never answers. Reason is not in its nature. So blindly I follow Impulse \u2014 it is all that I have to drive me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I charge and jump up, but the snake is far too long, and Impulse doesn\u2019t give me the strength to reach it.<\/span><\/p>\n

After all, it is not in Impulse\u2019s nature to give. Impulse serves itself. After me, it will find someone else to follow it.<\/span><\/p>\n

The serpent swallows me. Today the sky is black.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Devil from Tarot of the Divine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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