Ace of Swords
Connected with the element of air, swords are the suit of intellect, decisive change, power and higher consciousness. Often parallels are drawn with the sword of Damocles, and the impending, ever-present peril faced by those who rise to positions of great power. In this piece, the sword becomes gun, a weapon of terrible finality. Entwined with a snake poised to strike, it warns of the ever-present threat involved in the ascension to unchecked governance. In a bid to emancipate ourselves through industry and technology from the daily burdens and physical labour we have historically endured, we are enslaving our world and destabilizing it to the point of no return. At some point equilibrium will be restored, heralded either by us or in spite of us.