Bean Feasa
This scene is so packed with conflict it looks almost abstract at first glance. The individual figures are not immediately distinguishable – it’s just a hubbub of conflict, a scene of wall-to-wall aggression. Figures are pushing and pulling and flailing, and the scene seems to pile up towards the skyline, where the distant towers of the city are silhouetted against a reddish sky.
On closer inspection there’s a slightly cartoonish aspect to the whole scene. Somehow, I don’t really reckon this lot are doing each other too much harm. But they are causing each other a lot of bother and hassle – it all looks like a big muddle of low-level aggression.
The colouring, watercolour-like washes of orangey-red could suggest blood but somehow doesn’t quite. Some of the warriors in the card are wearing helmets, some wide-brimmed hats trimmed with big foppish-looking plumes. This could be a re-enactment scene of a historical battle where nobody’s sure what exactly they should be doing, or who they should belt next with those uncompromising red wands, but where people do have some petty grievances against each other and are glad of this opportunity to let off steam about it.
The book does mention that this card deals with petty, everyday irritations and tribulations – the kind that wears you down gradually unless you're careful to deal with the stress of it.
On closer inspection there’s a slightly cartoonish aspect to the whole scene. Somehow, I don’t really reckon this lot are doing each other too much harm. But they are causing each other a lot of bother and hassle – it all looks like a big muddle of low-level aggression.
The colouring, watercolour-like washes of orangey-red could suggest blood but somehow doesn’t quite. Some of the warriors in the card are wearing helmets, some wide-brimmed hats trimmed with big foppish-looking plumes. This could be a re-enactment scene of a historical battle where nobody’s sure what exactly they should be doing, or who they should belt next with those uncompromising red wands, but where people do have some petty grievances against each other and are glad of this opportunity to let off steam about it.
The book does mention that this card deals with petty, everyday irritations and tribulations – the kind that wears you down gradually unless you're careful to deal with the stress of it.