Shadowscape's Swan Song

I am thoroughly enjoying working with my newest deck called "Shadowscapes" The images are beautiful. The details in this deck are exquisite. Today one card stood out for me in a most profound way. It was the Two of Swords. The traditional way of portraying this card is with a person who is shown as being blindfolded and holding two crossed swords. The interpretation of this card is that a person knows he has a choice in front of him to follow one path or another and is refusing to make this decision. Not surprisingly this card comes up quite a lot in the relationship readings I do in my line of work. What I LOVE about this Shadowscape, Two of Swords card is how the man is shrouded in a black robe which looks like Death itself. He is shown to be looking at the crossed swords in front of him, fully aware of the fact that he must make a decision,and perhaps knowing that failure to do so is putting him in a position of stagnation in his life. He chooses to die by refusing to grow. The gnarled tree, barren of leaves, rises up to the waning moon. The heart is wrapped on the tree still very much alive yet suspended in time. The swan couple, represent the aspects of transformation, love, partnership and beauty that are awaiting this man's decision. Is he going to allow himself to step back into the source of love from the transformative relationship that stands waiting before him, or is he going to perhaps cut the heart down and slay the swans? His conflict is depicted by the prominent gnarled tree that colors his life and the beauty of the tree of growth in the shadow which promises renewed life if he would only choose to follow the heart that he has tied to the tree.