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The Three of Wands A man by the cliff with three tall wands next to him watches three ships go by. Is he like the Bachelor in love with the Three Graces at Yosemite's Mariposa Grove? or perhaps Mercury in Botticelli's Primavera ignoring Three Graces to pierce clouds with his caduceus? or is he Columbus looking at his ships Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria sailing to discover the New World? For wands are tools for travelling taking us from one place to another leaping across the universe. The Fairy Godmother's wand changed a pumpkin to a stagecoach taking Cinderella to the palace. The Blue Fairy waved her wand and transformed Geppetto's puppet Pinocchio into a real boy. But there are also wands in real life that are magical if we know how to use them. Look at Beethoven's baton conducting his Ninth Symphony composed when he was deaf. Van Gogh painted Sunflowers and Starry Night with his brush transporting our minds to new vistas and with his pen Joseph Conrad's words on the page became alive to make us feel and make us see. — Peter Y. Chou Mountain View, 1-7-2010 |
.jpg) The Three of Wands (Waite Tarot Deck) |