Air · mind

The mind learning to cut clean

Swords are thought with an edge — truth, worry, the sentence that lets air in. Fourteen doors. They can hurt. They can also clear the room.

Stay. Skip. Nothing is scored. You do not have to live in the 3 a.m. card.

The story: a clear blade, a wound, a crossing, a mind that can sit without going cold.

Four quiet movements

• The edge

  Ace through Four — thought arriving, then rest

• The cost

  Five through Seven — hollow wins, crossings, slips

• The night

  Eight through Ten — the loop, the worry, the end of the story

• The household

  The four courts — how a mind lives in a person

1. 

   1. The Clear Blade

   Ace of Swords

2. 

   2. The Blindfold

   Two of Swords

3. 

   3. The Wound

   Three of Swords

4. 

   4. The Rest

   Four of Swords

5. 

   5. The Hollow Win

   Five of Swords

6. 

   6. The Crossing

   Six of Swords

7. 

   7. The Slip

   Seven of Swords

8. 

   8. The Bindings

   Eight of Swords

9. 

   9. The 3 A.M.

   Nine of Swords

10. 

    10. The End of the Story

    Ten of Swords

11. 

    11. The Question

    Page of Swords

12. 

    12. The Charge of Words

    Knight of Swords

13. 

    13. The Honest No

    Queen of Swords

14. 

    14. The Clear Seat

    King of Swords