Rune Journal (October 2011)

At HOL, a Virtual Hogwarts simulation, I took Ancient Runes for one of my courses in the Fall Term.
This was a summary of a month long exercise to journal intuitive reactions to each rune stave. So this is from around October 2011.

(a) Did you notice any particular 'feeling' in connection with any one rune?
(b) ...with more than one rune?
(c) Were your 'feeling' responses consistently the same each time you were 'with' the runes?
(d) Were your 'feeling' responses very subtle? ...very powerful?...pleasant? ...unpleasant?
(e) Do you feel more comfortable with your runes now than before you did Exercise #2?
(f) Does one particular rune now stand out as 'your personal rune' or favorite?
(g) Can you imagine any benefit in continuing this Exercise throughout this course?

Most of my feeling responses are very subtle. I do notice specifically that Thurisaz and Ansuz make me feel uncomfortable for some reason, almost antsy, and that Wunjo and Laguz are a little more pleasant feeling. Particularly Wunjo makes me smile. Others I'm not too sure of the response because I'm still trying to figure out what some of the runes feel like to me, since I often have trouble identifying feelings... I'm often detached from my emotions because I used to have a tendency to get overwhelmed by them. I'm not really sure if I feel more comfortable with the set yet, since most of my efforts in this exercise occured in probably a shorter time-frame than I probably should have done this in, which didn't give me as much time to shift perception enough for me to really grasp or alter what I'm feeling. I also think I still have a bit of rational judgment leaking in when I'm trying to only tap into my feeling states with the runes and I'm still working on trying not to let those judgments get in the way of Gnowing them. I haven't yet figured out if I have a "personal" or "favorite" rune. None of them really stand out right now. I imagine that as I grow more accustomed to the runes, continuing this exercise will shed some light on why certain runes trigger discomfort for me, and perhaps if I work on those areas or get more accustomed to being "with" them, I will see my subconscious reaction to those runes become less resistant.

NaBloPoMo Day 16: Mind, Body or Soul?

Of the three - mind, body, soul - which do you prefer? Which do you think is most important? - Daydreaming on Paper Random Prompts

I prefer soul, but I can't really pick any one as most important, if you ever talk to me, you'll find that I'm a huge fan of the holistic model of health when it comes to rehabilitation. I believe that each is interconnected and you need all of them to function properly.

NaBloPoMo Day 15: Update + Thoughts on Hair

I missed yesterday again oops. I got caught up writing. I finally hit 10k for my NaNoWriMo novel, of course I'm still behind, but hey i'm really happy that I got as far as I did. I'm about on target if I want to have the same wordcount I had last year by the end of the month, though ideally I want to try to see if I can hit 40k this year. :)

I also am totally flopping at PiBoIdMo... but I don't mind. I'll try again next year.

The Blogher prompts really don't call to me this week and I refuse to force something to come out, so I'm going to use the Daydreaming on Paper generator again.

Do you like your hair? Is it straight and sleek? Wild and unruly? - Daydreaming on Paper Random Prompts

Yeah, I like my hair a lot. It's straight, sleek, and relatively thin.. I'm finally actually taking care of it properly and I think it likes me now. I think my mother's jealous because I'm growing my hair out. I love it long and I'm being stubborn and refusing to see the hair dresser until my "bangs" are the same length as the back. Almost there. It has a couple more inches to grown.

NaBloPoMo Day 13: Dream Trips

List all of the places that you would visit if you had unlimited time and money. - Day Dreaming on Paper Random Prompts

• Egypt


• Japan


• The UK


• California


• Canada


• the touristy parts of Mexico in the off-season


• Washington, DC


• Italy


• Spain


• Australia


• New Zealand

NaBloPoMo Day 12

Does solitude aid or hinder your creative pursuits? - Daydreaming on Paper Random Prompts

Honestly I find solitude tends to hinder my creativity, though I do need an occasional recharge period of solitude to aid in keeping my creativity flowing. I think the fact that I need people to help me write is one of the reasons I do NaNoWriMo and other challenges throughout the year.

NaBloPoMo Day 11: Three Wishes

It's 11/11/11, make 3 wishes...

I'm not sharing most of my deeper wishes, but I'll share these ones:

1. I wish that the other member of the drama I dealt with earlier this month has cooled off
2. I wish that the rest of this month is brighter than the first half of it
3. I wish the upcoming holiday season is enjoyable

NaBloPoMo Day 10: Passions

What is your secret (or not-so-secret) passion? - Jean Kwok

Writing stories about processes of recovery, whether they be fanfiction or original fiction is one of my biggest not-so-secret passions as far as writing is concerned.

The other not-so-secret passion of mine is self-knowlege: I'm studying runes, I've studied tarot, I research a lot of astrology/zodiac stuff from a variety of locations. I've studied totems and spirit animals. I've studied other personality pseudo-sciences. I like learning about the subconscious, basically.