design a tarot deck

I get the concept and have elements. Should be interesting.

I had lots of fun contemplating how the fool is often a character in movies and media. Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz even had her dog. Marilyn Monroe, Amy Whitehouse maybe, Britainy Spears somewhat. My favorite was Paris Hilton doing that reality show with Nichole Richie, who assumed the faithful companion role.
I think we might have a big life journey that leads us through the aracna but we also have multiple trips to perfect and prepare us for what lies ahead.

Wow I’m glad I got his one after doing others and not first. Found a coupe of YouTube videos that explain the card. This one is nice because it tells the story of his journey through the major arcana. Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CIjH0iYjWE&feature=youtube_gdata

I’m not sure how I’m going to do this. My first impulse was to use different images of Jim Cary in various roles as he goes through the journey. On the other hand, I might make my Fool female because the journey is seldom explored from the roles we have as women. Meditation is required.

I’m finally finished with this one. I watercolor painted a gutter with a small sunrise in the background just around the corner. I used an image of Michael Jackson when he had to go to court in his pjs as the subject but also a picture of a smiling little boy. So there is ambiguity in whether he was a martyr or a perpetrator. Certainly there has been no more spectacular drama of someone being stabbed in the back than that trial and everyone that came out of the woodwork to get in line and tell what they might have seen; family, lifelong friends, employees, artistic partners, lovers, doctors, fans, media, law enforcement, religious teachers and he himself. Same goes for the kids.

I’m really glad to be done with this one. I was going to make it about homeless families getting their last remaining possesions thrown into dumpsters and told to move on but something about MJ as an individual in ruin was more compelling.

I think the sunrise aspect of the card is that connection that we have to “hope” that “today is a new day” and we’ve hit bottom.

I started hanging out in the corner at Starbucks with the couch and coffee table a couple of weeks ago. Not really hanging out, but sitting and writing for the hour wait between the commute and my weekend start time. It’s like a living room and the same couple of people sit here, or did. Even though I’m pretty shy I stRted talking to them because it’s reAlly uncomfortable for me to ignore people thAt I see many times and they seemed to know each other. I’m lonely too.
They were nice and not evidently in current psychotic states. We talked about the news and life here. It turned out they were unemployed and after a couple of weeks I found out some were living in the homess shelter nearby. Not free but affordable.
So I felt uncomfortable after learning that. Maybe it juSt made it too possible.
I stopped coming because I couldn’t justify spending the money on coffee. They said the shelter, home to working homeless, families and them was to close Sept 5. Nothing in the paper but I guess it did. They aren’t here.
As I was meditating on the 10 of swords and what in life “total defeat” means I considered all the losses we have in life jobs, family, friendships, our spirit, our compassion and I thought how far they were from there. I came today to tHem a while to my friends but they are nowhere.

Oh man. Just see how everything has to stay in balance! Now I have to think about just absolutely total ruin. There is always a reversal on these things and I’m thinking that contemplating this card at this time will help me be more compassionate. Just don’t particulary want to invite in the negative images so – wow.

So I was really hoping for an up card because everything I’ve worked on has been so heavy. I got the Wheel of Fortune. It was great. I finished it in one day. I guess I relate more to the lighter side of the universe. Did some fun on the card with Depak chopra secretly guiding the wheel. And I used a car steering wheel instead of a traditional wheel. It felt more like the wheel was more a result of attraction and path choices than some random bolt from the great universal consciousness.

I searched and searched for the perfect redhead and finally found her two days ago. She was black and white but thats OK because she was perfect. I did not dye my own hair. My daughters thought I’d look way too crazy with the curls and humidity and all that.

I thought about who I knew who most reminded me of this character and found her amoung relatives. Not sure that I fully connected her with the creativity in the way I ought to have. I still have some work to do on that part of the image.

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I was even pretty good at it, unless I was reading my own. Kept getting negative readings, so I decided piss on fate and what is “written” and moved on to creating my own fortune.

Just sitting around, now,brainstorming new/old ideas for the weekend. Plus my book cover lady asked me if that’s a project I might be interested in. (duh, yeah) She wants for hers, of course, her own symbolism. It put a thought into my head. The symbolism of the Tarot is fascinating. It takes on different meanings for different people. For example: The death card. To some it’s frightening. To me it’s an opportunity for rebirth, out with the old in with the new. Then there’s my fascination with fooles. Again my view of the foole is much different than the average. Back in the day, fooles were proffessional entertainers. Most often comedians. At court they had the freedom to ridicule the nobility, yet know how far was too far. Doesn’t sound foolish to me, in fact, pretty damned clever. So much more, but I’ll stop here.

Basically, I want to conduct an experiment. Meditate on each of the traditional interpretations. Write out my own symbolism, make them and see if the readings change are in line with my own subconscious. I should have it done in about 10 years. LOL

The new card I got this afternoon is the queen of wands. She is nice, warm, supportive and usually a redhead. Maybe I’ll give that a try, the haircolor too.