Yi-Toonstag:www.yitoons.com,2009://12008-11-04T17:28:04ZMovable Type 3.3648.1 > 5, A matter of working with what's available...tag:www.yitoons.com,2008://1.672008-11-04T17:21:04Z2008-11-04T17:28:04ZYiChingManhttp://www.yitoons.com
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This is an interesting line. The message can be taken as negative (nobody wants to drink muddy water...) but I believe that circumstances can give us no other choice. Moving to 5 is a good indication that success is behind the line.
No mishaptag:www.sorocabana.net,2008:/yitoons//1.562008-05-19T21:54:12Z2008-05-19T21:55:56ZYiChingManhttp://www.yitoons.com
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I copied this one from some Oracle Bones inscriptions. It is a divinatory omen.
2.5>8 A case of fitting in what we want...tag:www.sorocabana.net,2008:/yitoons//1.552008-05-02T18:23:15Z2008-05-02T18:30:38ZYiChingManhttp://www.yitoons.com
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Sometimes the garment doesn't fit and it isn't the time to make it fit-up to us but to us to fit-down to it.
36.1,2,6>18, A case for staying apart....tag:www.sorocabana.net,2008:/yitoons//1.542008-02-20T17:57:51Z2008-04-08T14:23:19ZYiChingManhttp://www.yitoons.com]]>
Some people, faced with difficult relationship questions, ask the Yi and obtain something like this and keep asking, with the wrongful hope that things will somehow work out...
61.1.5 > 4: The case of being the Yijingtag:www.sorocabana.net,2007:/yitoons//1.532007-08-03T18:16:00Z2008-04-08T14:23:19Z A question was posted to the Yi as to whom or what is its inner nature....YiChingManhttp://www.yitoons.comA question was posted to the Yi as to whom or what is its inner nature.]]>
28.1, Middle-heavy and feeling it...tag:www.sorocabana.net,2007:/yitoons//1.522007-06-19T14:16:36Z2008-04-08T14:23:19Z This hexagram is funny and tricky at the same time. It is variously interpreted as a ridgepole, sagging beam, etc., the main conveyed picture being that of something or someone that is caving-in, collapsing and sagging under a weight...YiChingManhttp://www.yitoons.com
This hexagram is funny and tricky at the same time. It is variously interpreted as a ridgepole, sagging beam, etc., the main conveyed picture being that of something or someone that is caving-in, collapsing and sagging under a weight being placed on the middle of it.]]>
Suddenness seems to be an underlying image for 28, something the subject must be aware of.
In the case of this cartoon, I wanted to show a subject that is in denial of what his/her real situation is and tries to externalize the cause. The first line actually talks about somebody that places mats on the ground to support something important, thus giving an image of being gentle and careful. In this cartoon, the use of shoes appear to convey caring and gentleness for his/her persona but fails to dispel the main cause of the overweight. I believe this line changing the hexagram to 43 is a good development though. Under 43 a decision is made and the subject may overcome his current situation. The headache is alluding to the sixth line. In the meantime, denial seems to seriously affect the subject. Not finding appropriate shoes (shoes are not the real cause of the pain) will eventually give him/her a clue and set his/her mind on the right track for change.]]>
27.1 > 23, Where is my turtle?tag:www.sorocabana.net,2007:/yitoons//1.512007-06-05T17:54:33Z2008-04-08T14:23:19ZYiChingManhttp://www.yitoons.com]]>
Lo Shu diagram was found on the shell of a magical turtle that emerged from a river. One important use--and the turtles take exception to this fact, I'm sure--is that their plastrons were used for divination. The procedure was to make small shallow incisions on the shell and then applying a red-hot iron to them. The cracks produced by the sudden temperature differential were read as forecasts, auspices and omens.
The text of the line (27.1) also gives the impression the Yi (our colloquial way of naming the classic known as "I Ching") is talking directly to the subject and prognosticating "misfortune" for him:
Nine at the beginning means:
You let your magic tortoise go,
And look at me with the corners of the mouth drooping.
Misfortune.
In a humorous way, I'm trying to picture a "Royal Diviner" as being the subject of the line and having misplaced his "tool" just before an important divination session for the Emperor...]]>
34.6 > 14, A Matter of Stubbornnesstag:www.sorocabana.net,2007:/yitoons//1.502007-05-03T18:20:15Z2008-04-08T14:23:19ZYiChingManhttp://www.yitoons.com]]>
Clarity...
Of course, one never knows what's at the heart of somebody else's situations but, usually, this line can refer to the stubbornness of the subject, hitting a "wall" he/she thinks should give way for them to cross over and obtain what they want. It is, however, a time to sit down, contemplate the situation from a vantage point and finding ways around the problem and obstacles.]]>
10.2.6 > 17 A case of being right and lonely...tag:www.sorocabana.net,2007:/yitoons//1.492007-03-29T18:25:56Z2008-04-08T14:23:19ZYiChingManhttp://www.yitoons.com]]>
Now, can you spot the children in 17? Cryptic, I know... I've my days.
22,4 > 30, A case of mistaken identitytag:www.sorocabana.net,2007:/yitoons//1.482007-03-22T17:59:30Z2008-04-08T14:23:19ZYiChingManhttp://www.yitoons.com]]>
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Have a Cow... 13.5 > 30tag:www.sorocabana.net,2007:/yitoons//1.472007-02-09T21:04:08Z2008-04-08T14:23:19ZYiChingManhttp://www.yitoons.com]]>
"frivolous thread", here is one for LiSe...]]>
9.6 > 5, Time for the big umbrella...tag:www.sorocabana.net,2007:/yitoons//1.462007-02-02T19:40:50Z2008-04-08T14:23:19ZYiChingManhttp://www.yitoons.com]]>
this thread in Clarity and our friend Bruce. I'll see if I can pick on the other ones listed there...
Bruce, just make sure you don't use your guitar to cover your head in the downpour. I'll get ruined. Steal the old lady's umbrella and kick her cane so she can't chase you... LOL!
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My 63-ness is better than yours...tag:www.sorocabana.net,2007:/yitoons//1.452007-01-10T17:16:18Z2008-04-08T14:23:19ZYiChingManhttp://www.yitoons.com]]>
Chris's idea of restoring balance to an imbalance by XORing an hexagram using Hex-63 very interesting. Well, something to explore, to say the least.]]>
Following (not), a 17 story...tag:www.sorocabana.net,2006:/yitoons//1.442006-12-20T19:29:53Z2008-04-08T14:23:19ZYiChingManhttp://www.yitoons.com]]>
Clarity about Hex-17. and I thought I better throw my own pun over it. I believe that casting a 17,2.3>43 is one of those situations where you are "damned if you do, and damned if you don't."
By the way, speaking of "followings", greetings to my visitors from Brazil. I've many of them. Muito obrigado!]]>
Drawing blank thoughts, 24...tag:www.sorocabana.net,2006:/yitoons//1.432006-12-15T20:44:44Z2008-04-08T14:23:19ZYiChingManhttp://www.yitoons.com]]>
Don't ask; this one just came out as it is...
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This is an interesting line. The message can be taken as negative (nobody wants to drink muddy water...) but I believe that circumstances can give us no other choice. Moving to 5 is a good indication that success is behind the line.
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I copied this one from some Oracle Bones inscriptions. It is a divinatory omen.
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Sometimes the garment doesn't fit and it isn't the time to make it fit-up to us but to us to fit-down to it.
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Some people, faced with difficult relationship questions, ask the Yi and obtain something like this and keep asking, with the wrongful hope that things will somehow work out...
A question was posted to the Yi as to whom or what is its inner nature.]]>
This hexagram is funny and tricky at the same time. It is variously interpreted as a ridgepole, sagging beam, etc., the main conveyed picture being that of something or someone that is caving-in, collapsing and sagging under a weight being placed on the middle of it.]]>
Suddenness seems to be an underlying image for 28, something the subject must be aware of.
In the case of this cartoon, I wanted to show a subject that is in denial of what his/her real situation is and tries to externalize the cause. The first line actually talks about somebody that places mats on the ground to support something important, thus giving an image of being gentle and careful. In this cartoon, the use of shoes appear to convey caring and gentleness for his/her persona but fails to dispel the main cause of the overweight. I believe this line changing the hexagram to 43 is a good development though. Under 43 a decision is made and the subject may overcome his current situation. The headache is alluding to the sixth line. In the meantime, denial seems to seriously affect the subject. Not finding appropriate shoes (shoes are not the real cause of the pain) will eventually give him/her a clue and set his/her mind on the right track for change.]]>
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Lo Shu diagram was found on the shell of a magical turtle that emerged from a river. One important use--and the turtles take exception to this fact, I'm sure--is that their plastrons were used for divination. The procedure was to make small shallow incisions on the shell and then applying a red-hot iron to them. The cracks produced by the sudden temperature differential were read as forecasts, auspices and omens.
The text of the line (27.1) also gives the impression the Yi (our colloquial way of naming the classic known as "I Ching") is talking directly to the subject and prognosticating "misfortune" for him:
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Clarity...
Of course, one never knows what's at the heart of somebody else's situations but, usually, this line can refer to the stubbornness of the subject, hitting a "wall" he/she thinks should give way for them to cross over and obtain what they want. It is, however, a time to sit down, contemplate the situation from a vantage point and finding ways around the problem and obstacles.]]>
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Now, can you spot the children in 17? Cryptic, I know... I've my days.
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"frivolous thread", here is one for LiSe...]]>
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this thread in Clarity and our friend Bruce. I'll see if I can pick on the other ones listed there...
Bruce, just make sure you don't use your guitar to cover your head in the downpour. I'll get ruined. Steal the old lady's umbrella and kick her cane so she can't chase you... LOL!
Luis]]>
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Chris's idea of restoring balance to an imbalance by XORing an hexagram using Hex-63 very interesting. Well, something to explore, to say the least.]]>
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Clarity about Hex-17. and I thought I better throw my own pun over it. I believe that casting a 17,2.3>43 is one of those situations where you are "damned if you do, and damned if you don't."
By the way, speaking of "followings", greetings to my visitors from Brazil. I've many of them. Muito obrigado!]]>
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Don't ask; this one just came out as it is...