Tarot Card 12.15.08

[mujetdebois]

Page of Wands


It's not about wanting to smack people with a big stick - though I am short tempered today and want to do this.

It's about internal fire, about putting our big boy/girl panties on and getting over ourselves in order to accomplish what lays ahead. We all find inspritation forward momentum and passion in different ways, this is just taking that energy an channeling it in a postive fashion.

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It Occurs To Me

[madshutterbug.livejournal.com]

I believe I mentioned that for a bit (primarily because I sort of stumbled in the direction once) I've been contemplating making a set of images based on Tarot cards. I say 'stumbled' into because after a studio session with a model, one of the images looked a lot like one of the cards. Caused me to start thinking...
What occurs to me one of the reasons I like this (besides the artwork) is, if I'm serious about doing this, moreso than the single image I say 'stumbled' into, then I should understand a bit about what kind of energy needs to be focused on while making the image.

I also occurs to me that the pun may be intended.

Re: It Occurs To Me

[mujetdebois.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I hate LJ and this is one of them since it just ate my reply.

You have your work cut out for you. There is a lot of information tied up in any one image. Foreground and background colors have meaning. If a portion of the picture is obscured it has meaning, plus you have the inherent energy of each of the suits.

I should also mention that I use an older decks (1500's and 1700's) Most practitioners seem to use decks from 1900 forward. The deck I primarily use is a bit different from most decks. Most have 78 cards, mine has 97. More images more wiggle room.

If you are interested in doing a little reading, I would check out anything Rachel Pollack has published. She has a great view on imagery as well as interpretation.

I'm looking forward to seeing where you go with this.

Re: It Occurs To Me

[madshutterbug.livejournal.com]

As an art project, I may be putting more thought into it than necessary. On the other hand, I can visualise someone who reads Tarot seeing the art project (even stipulating them as prints larger than usable cards) and deciding they want them as a deck.

In the former situation, it becomes 'These are images which impressed me, and my interpretation thereof as a result.'

In the latter, because of the people I know who read Tarot, the energy involved in the creation becomes an issue.

I first started reading some about Tarot from a different art image idea, in the project I call my Healing Art. That question was 'What combination of cards would cause someone, reading the cards, to immediately begin to do a breast self-examination?'

Which may be more than you wanted to know. *G*