314 — This week on Cargo

[Open in browser]( cargo.site [F ebr uary 20 ’24]() (allᵃˡˡ) A chrome chicken is polishing its chrome egg. The killer’s call is coming from inside the house. A peninsula is becoming an island. A hunter is blocking a jaguar on its path. A hidden monkey is grooming and watching. A manhole and pothole are chatting. In tall grass, an orange oil drum sits calmly in the rain. The pilot light is faltering. * * * Word and thought are mirrored mercury blobs. A chrome chicken is polishing its chrome egg. Sites in Use [Fake Office]( Looking at [fake-office]()’s visual mixtape “[Restraining Orders](” we are reminded of those two seminal books by Dan Friedman: [Artificial Nature]( and [Post Human](. The terrain is similar, not the same, but present is that deeply unsettling implication that humans are out of their depth amongst complexities specific and beyond measure — whether organic/biological, psychological, digital... A thoughtful and sincere project. 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To submit your own question, send an email to oracle@cargo.site [Seven of Coins]( [46. Pushing Upward]( [7. The Army]( These first few lines are the general aphoristic returns for the week. They are raw and uninterpreted; there to use how you’d like. (The specific readings follow.) - Your work will bear fruit, as long as you persevere. - Persevere without haste and without rest. - Do not weaken favorable conditions by thinking too much about unfavorable ones. - Only you know what you are scared of. Only you know what you love. These are your guides. - Without strict discipline nothing can be accomplished, but this discipline must not be achieved by force — but rather by an awakening of enthusiasm. * * * From “C.W.”: It’s going to sound very plain, but what is some advice for making a creative life sustainable financially? * * * The answer is as “plain” as your question. Be super honest with yourself regarding your strengths and weaknesses. Hopefully what you are good at, creatively, brings you the most satisfaction — as this is where momentum occurs — passion plus talent. If you can persevere this way, your situation will likely be more than simply “sustainable.” As well there is a specific admonishment here — not to get caught up in doom-ish worst case scenarios; maximize positive angles and energies. * * * Complete Reading This week we pulled the Seven of Pentacles. The suit of pentacles (also known as coins) deals with aspects like money matters, practical wealth and security. The image displays a personage leaning on a spade or hoe looking at a shrub — seven pentacles are depicted as fruits. The person seems to be admiring the results of their labor. The implication: one’s work will bear fruit, as long as they persevere. Our first hexagram this week is #46, Pushing Upward. This hexagram might have our favorite aphorism of the entire I Ching: “Adapting itself to obstacles and bending around them, wood in the earth grows upward . Thus too the superior person is devoted in character and never pauses in their progress.” We shorten it simply to: no haste and no rest. There was one change this week, of which the specific note is: though it is likely that a time without blockage is temporary it is wise not to think too much about potential blockages — rather try to maximize the good fortune. Our second hexagram, the one that suggests how best to meet the challenges (or the changes) is #7, The Army. “Without strict discipline nothing can be accomplished, but this discipline must not be achieved by force. It requires… an awakening of enthusiasm.” To truly rally all of one’s forces together to make tangible gains, all must be focused on what one actually loves. One should only advance strongly under the guidance of a dearly held personal principal — not by transcendentally unstable motivators like crowd dynamics. Only you know what you are scared of. Only you know what you love. These are your guides. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Home Â]() [Instagram Â]( [Unsubscribe](