New cards for The Bird People Tarot deck that I promise I haven’t forgotten about! I have a number of art projects going on right now and that’s been my best defense against mania and the chaos of the world this spring. Please keep well everyone.

Upright Meanings:
Slander
Shame
Conquest
Disharmony
Malice
Reversed Meanings:
Rejection
Misfortune
Outcast
Oppression
Manipulation

Upright Meanings:
Hidden enemies
Cautious
Defensive
Protection
Attentive
Reversed Meanings:
Unprepared
Neglectful
Loss of rights
Inflexibility
Bad luck

Upright Meanings:
Choice
Tests
Relationships
Duality
Trust
Reversed Meanings:
Disharmony
Bluntness
Indifference
Unwise plans
Contraries

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! I’m not that into this holiday but I remember my Mom making each Valentine’s Day special for my sister and I with little presents in the morning before we’d go to school and no matter what happened at school that day (good or bad) we had that to look forward to when we got home. Thank you for your thoughtfulness Mom.

Today’s Carolaoke tune comes from my favorite Beatle George Harrison and all his buddies (fellow rock ’n’ roll legends) while with The Traveling Wilburys. I love the lyrics to this song and I especially like that during the choruses there seems to be Flamenco clapping! I hope everyone eats all of the chocolate today. All of it. Every last piece. That’s the best thing to do on this particular day. That's the only thing to do.

Carolaoke Song #54 - The Traveling Wilburys - "Maxine"

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Bonus! Flamenco clapping instructions!

Who wants to see more Bird People Tarot cards! Well, today’s your lucky day because I just happen to have four new ones to share. I've also been working on a lot of dioramas and have recently got sucked into to the wonder of “making water” using a product from Woodland Scenics. I also ordered a lot of earth terrain "things" from Woodland Scenics too and have been experimenting with that as well. It’s kind of like taking a vacation trying to recreate habitats for my paper animals so that’s been really soothing for me lately.

Upright Meanings:
Trust
Rapport
Harmony in personal relationships
Joy
Spiritual happiness

Reversed Meanings:
Disharmony
Depression
Loss of friendship
Discord
Regrets

Upright Meanings:
A hiatus
Satisfaction
Harmony
Reunion
Fruition

Reversed Meanings:
Incomplete Happiness
Appreciation
Delayed but impending success
A pause to relax
Improvement

Upright Meanings:
Saying goodbye; moving on
A turning point
Disappointment
Avoidance
Making adjustments as you go

Reversed Meanings:
Reunion
A new romance
Public spectacle
Debt repaid
Restore

Upright Meanings:
An adventure
New life
Optimism
Confidence
Enthusiasm

Reversed Meanings:
Can’t get going
Being too demanding
Lost or damaged goods
Abandonment
Unproductive work

Music Mondays going forward will be more of "works in progress" for a while. I know it has been super radio silent over here on carolkroll.com. I go missing like this from time to time to quietly and peacefully refuel my brain and my will. I’ve been learning more about making karaoke tracks; that has both really inspired me and totally frustrated me. One discovery I have made is that female vocals are impossible to erase. I won’t name which ones because that’ll spoil all of my future music surprises, but the female vocals are anchored in there. When I finally made a version that successfully edited out the original vocals, certain instruments dropped out during the process. Today I experimented with trying to replace those missing instruments with my keyboard. Here is a tiny sample of what the tune sounds like thus far. Again, progress not perfection. I sang a lot of songs today, I was ridiculously and obnoxiously loud and learned things that I didn’t know about before. Today was a good day.

Carolaoke Song #53 - Sheryl Crow - "Mississippi" (snippet)

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A couple of things. Back in December 2021, I said I’d be back in January 2022, I just didn’t say when. I like to keep everyone guessing. Even myself. Especially myself. That’s the best part.

Back in the beginning, when I started posting all of my wares, I made sure that I numbered my music and art posts so that I wouldn’t feel like I’m falling behind regarding “calendar” dates. That causes stress and guilt which also causes the very problems you were trying to help with creativity in the first place.

I have a small offering of what today brought. I had many false starts and struggles with a couple of different songs. It was super frustrating so I only made it this far for this Music Monday. But at least I showed up and made noise today. That’s the important part even though that seems absurd. But for me, that is the important part.

To be continued.

Carolaoke Song #52 - Annie Lennox - "Little Bird" (snippet)

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