Knowing and Doing

From the Da Vinci Enigma Tarot, Renewal (Judgment); from the Insectorum Divinorum, Caterpillar:

The gap between knowing and doing is larger than the gap between ignorance and knowledge. ~Robert Sutton

          In this partial sketch, a crowned eagle sits atop a globe. In the full rendering of the drawing, a wolf sails a boat toward the eagle. It has been suggested that the wolf represented the Church or the Pope, and the eagle on the world the life of man. Such symbolism doesn't paint the Church in too favorable a light, and perhaps it implied the rivalry of political and religious leaders with the common people caught in the middle. Judgment represents discernment that in turn causes a transformation. It is an understanding that can't be undone or dismissed. Yet the Caterpillar card emphasizes work must be done before the full metamorphosis can take place. Knowing is the first phase, and acting the second.