It used to be that nearly every day I'd stumble across something worthy of a card, but now with only a handful of cards left in the deck, it's much harder to find just the right thing.
As far as capturing the dizzy spin of Fortune goes, I was charmed by this music video by the Wild Beasts, which employs the Droste effect, an optical illusion that produces endlessly spiraling revolutions of the same basic image (lots of examples here). This a wonderful expression of how often our daily ups and downs are merely spokes of the same repeating cycle, a seemingly closed circuit of expectations, actions, and results, that still somehow manages to drive us forward into entirely new situations. The Wheel reminds us that our own thoughts and actions are small, and that destiny is larger than we think. It's like gravity -- if you're tumbling down a steep hill, there's a lot you can do to change the speed or the safety of your fall, but the direction is still down no matter what. Imagine a Droste animation of a person tumbling down an infinite hill, and that's the way most of us spend our lives. Of course, Bubble from AbFab observes this far more eruditely...
Keep in mind that from the hub of the wheel, you'd be able to see the whole world revolving around you in a loop, the perfect position from which to try and forge your own destiny. Do you have what it takes to divest yourself from your daily drama and make that happen? Maybe the lyrics from the video above will speak to you:
C’mon we’re young, we’re youngYet we’ll be dead as soonC’mon we came, we cameFrom our mother’s womb to swoonBrave Bulging Buoyant ClairvoyantsAdopting this young spirit of sinTo make the most, before we turn to ghostBefore, old friend, life’s just a means to an endTo make the most, before we turn to ghostSwig the bottle, bottleSlap the face of AristotleRace me, Race me, Race me, Race meIn yer fourth hand jalopyThat sink and pull in the gutsThat’s this foolhardy flux [Via]
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