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[qos]

oakmouse didn't include icons in her first query, but then asked about these:




The image is from the movie of The Phantom of the Opera. I don't particularly like the story, but the image of the hand of the mysterious, perilous lover/teacher/guardian resonated strongly with my experience of my daimon: the masculine muse, the spirit lover as described in Caitlin Matthews' In Search of Woman's Passionate Soul. (I have several entries tagged under "daimon" if you go to the list on the right of my main journal page.)





This again is Wendy from the 2003 Peter Pan movie. In this image, Wendy is saying yes to adventure. She's stepping outside the nursery and flying away beyond everything she's known toward everything she's dreamed. It's a very big "yes" -- but I tend to use the icon most often to express happy affirmation, either of my own circumstances or a friend's.




The image is from the movie Ella Enchanted, but to me it's about The Journey, about new ventures, taking risks, or simply continuing on the path.

Comments

[oakmouse]

Cool --- thank you!

I love the daimon hand image. It reminds me of the presence of the spirit realms. *g*

Wendy --- have you ever seen the Mabou Mines show "Peter and Wendy"? You might want to look out the soundtrack. It has a couple of wonderful magical songs on it, not to mention some good tunes. I have a bit of a hunch that you might click with some of it.

The white horse made me think of the tale of Rhiannon, from the first branch of the Mabinogion. There's that sense of mystery, that if the rider turns you'll see she's a goddess or faerie woman. Again, the presence of the otherworld...

[qos.livejournal.com]

It reminds me of the presence of the spirit realms.
That's exactly what it's about -- albeit a very specific resident of those realms.

I have not seen the Mabou Mines show. (It's been years since I've seen anything about them.) I'll look for the soundtrak. Thanks for the recommendation.

The White Horse image gives me a sense of the Otherworld, of faery lands, as well. I've always felt that the rider is a heroine of some sort.