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Hex 51 & 56.3 & 18.3.4 regarding a creative project

sofia

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Hello again :)

I was hoping to get some help deciphering these answers from the IC regarding a short film script I wrote 3 years ago which I'm now thinking of resurrecting and actually making into a short film....

I asked the IC...

"Will the script in it's current form be received well by viewers and critics?"

I got Hex 51 unchanging, which I know means a shock or suprise of some sort or even a 'rousing up' as in invigorating life into something...but I couldn't quite work out if it was a good sign or a bad sign i.e. that it would offend people (there's a cultural component to it and cultural themes are always open to misinterpretation and offence), or that people would generally be excited by it (I am, and it's a fairly contemporary theme with an avant garde approach to the cultural changes within Australian society)

I then asked "Should I proceed with this script/idea?"

I got 56.3>35 which talks about arrogance and being a stranger in a strange land, but then goes onto 35 which is about progress....is this just a warning how NOT to proceed? especially that I've been out of the game for a few years now and would be a little rusty directing crew and getting crew support etc?? Or could it be about the cultural element again i.e. aside from Australian culture, the other culture featured is not my own background/culture so people could see it as me stepping in where I don't belong?

I then asked "Should I proceed with making this film?"

I got 64.1.4.5>61 which I took to mean not just yet or don't put the horse before the cart (line 1) but that yes I should push forward and ignore any misgivings even though it might be a struggle (line 4) and that it will come together and there will be a reward, as in a new era will dawn (my creative era) (line 5). Line 61 seems to reinforce the advice of inner confidence and following my inner gut feeling to push through with this passion of mine...

I then asked "What do I need to do to the script to fix it or should I just leave it the way it is?"

I got 18.3.4>64 which confused me because I know 18 to be about fixing corruption from the past. Does this mean it does need fixing? If so, how do I know where/what the corruption is??

Any help interpreting these lines is very much appreciated :bows:

namaste
Sofia
 

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I then asked "Should I proceed with this script/idea?"

I got 56.3>35 which talks about arrogance and being a stranger in a strange land, but then goes onto 35 which is about progress....is this just a warning how NOT to proceed?

My interpretation is that you wish to progress [H35] with this script idea. It is just so important that the relating hex often represents our wish or the goal we are asking about, Sofia, not the result.

Line 3 moving in H56 is a definite "no." If you get all fired up about this project, Yi is saying that you will somehow manage to alienate people who are not only important to you but essential to your well being. You might seriously overdo it. This is a line with a lot of careless, brash energy.
 

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I then asked "Should I proceed with making this film?"

I got 64.1.4.5>61

This is going to take a whole lot longer than you think it will. It is going to take years and it means major revisions and struggle with your main concepts.

I got 18.3.4>64 which confused me

Sarah Jane Sloane published The I Ching for Writers. Her interpretations:

H18.3: "Nine in the third place means you will have to revise those parts that you have already revised. This is, there will be parts of your writing that you have inadequately revised already."

H18.4: "Six in the fourth place means that humiliation is one possible outcome of this revising. You must not only make cosmetic changes, but you must also get into the work more substantively. Locate a paragraph or a passage in your work that you really want to improve. Then rethink that passage for another audience, rewriting it completely to better address that new audience."

I think that her mentioning "another audience" is a way of saying that the revisions would have to be very major, a complete re-write. Anyway, this is not something that could be done quickly. It would have to be a labor of love or not at all.
 

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