What just flashed across your screen?
A dog? No.
A stick figure? No.
It was a deer.
And now, the deer parade begins
The deer is no coincidence. It comes from Vedic astrology. Mriga Shirsha, the Deer’s Head, is one of the twenty-seven lunar mansions – the sign of the seeker who sets out in search of what is still missing.
Claude, an AI, drew it. I was quietly delighted to find someone who draws just as badly as I do. Scribbly, barely recognisable as a deer, charming in its own way – and somehow still carrying something deeply serious.
Each card is yours to download. Just click, print, and hang it up. Format: 13×18 cm.
What it longs for always lies somewhere ahead. It keeps chasing after it. The goal is always where it is not.
The point lies behind it. It runs from fear, from what it cannot bear to face. It is not the goal that drives it, but the fear.
The point lies outside itself, with another deer. It is among the herd, yet not where its point lies. There is closeness, yet something is still missing.