The Outlaw

hang on, one way or the other you’ll have to put yourself on the line

The Symbols

Goat, Wolf, Pollard Tree, White Picket Fence, Thistles, Pink Moon, Mountain, Nightfall, Early Spring

Might Mean

Restriction: constraints, discipline, discrimination, external rules, external motivation, repression, persecution, power play, law of the jungle, scapegoat, bullying

Judgement: tough love, uncompromising, perfectionism, rigidity, seeing things in black and white, all-or-nothing attitude, seriousness, strict morality, blame, guilt, shame, redemption

Transgression: breaking the rules, crossing the line, going beyond limits, taking risks, rebellion, departure from the norm, disruption, extremes, hubris, misconduct, offense, sin

For Example

Movie Clips & Videos:

The Two Popes – Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce

Search for purity and the primitive – Paul Gauguin

I shouldn't have – Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Comte breaks down – Chocolat,
Dad Is Never Impressed, Change Is Nature – Ratatouille (Pixar),
Neil's Father, Existence in Reality vs Happiness – Dead Poet Society,
The threat of repressing the Dionysian - Joseph Campbell

TV Shows:
Breaking Bad - How a Man Becomes Evil,
The Good Place - Ethics in Modern Society,
Enlightened – Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough

Podcasts:
It's All About the Jeffersons, Small Scale Sin,
The Greatest Moment I Ever Saw On a Stage,
Family Trial (This American Life)

"The natural line between the mind and body becomes an illusory boundary, a fortified fence, an armed wall separating that which is really inseparable. The desires of the flesh are pitted against the wants of the soul, and all too often the 'spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.' Man loses touch with his total organism, and the most he will allow is a mental representation, a self-image, or that total organism.

It is not exactly that man loses touch with his body. Rather, he loses touch with the unity of the body and mind, the unity of feeling and attention. The whole clarity of feeling-attention becomes disrupted and distorted, and in its place is left compulsive thinking on the one hand, and the dissociated body on the other."

–Ken Wilber, No Boundary

Writings:
Putting your self on the line and playing a part in your story,
Brand new fable in progress: it’s a goat!,
The Opposite of Shame, Martyrdom,
5 Must-Read Books on the Psychology of Being Wrong,
Good and Evil, the Necessary Contradictions of the Human Nature

Good and Evil, Sin, Guilt, Scapegoating, Father Complex, Hero, Justice, Woke,
Honor, Hubris, Perfectionism, Ego Ideal, Splitting, Guilt Culture, Morality,
Sacrifice, Abuse, Law of the Jungle, Transgression, Cognitive Dissonance

"In war and propaganda, the enemy becomes an inhuman devil, the dark Shadow of the righteous, angelic image we are trying to maintain for ourselves. Sometimes we need this projection and polarization in order to see an issue clearly. A system can stay in an unhealthy imbalance for a long time if the conflicts are not categorized, polarized, and made to duke it out in some kind of dramatic confrontation."

–Christopher Vogler, The Writer's Journey (The Ordeal, Demonization p. 164)

Preys and predators – Zootopia

Literature:
La Chèvre de Mr Séguin (Mr Seguin's Goat) - Alphonse Daudet
(The story that inspired this card)

"The poor thing. High up on her perch, she thought she was bigger than the world. In all, it was a grand day for our little Blanquette. Suddenly, a cold wind blew over the mountains. The vista turned a rosy purple – and then, it was night. “Already!” said the little goat, a little bit suprised. She began to shiver. Then there was a terrible howl echoing in the mountain! She thought of the wolf. All day long she didn’t think of him but now…"

Songs:
Don't – Breathe Owl Breathe,
Pink Moon – Nick Drake (inspiration for the pink moon in my drawing)

I saw it written and I saw it say
Pink moon is on its way

And none of you stand so tall
Pink Moon's gonna get you all