Dark Victory '39
However wolfspirit made such an excellent point, as I become more experienced in tarot my needs and tastes are changing. I am not sure what directions I will go next.
.....I have to really like the art or have a purpose for my study in my life. I am a newbie collector though!
i havn't been into tarot very long and can already see how this is happening. I worry a little because i sometimes sell off or trade things pretty quick, and yet i always think i know myself SO well. Like that's my big safety; some safety. lol. I agree about having to really like the art, and yet I've watched it unfurl, w/ say the daniloff, where i thought it was so beautiful, and there is not a reason in the world it should not read well for me as its so RWS, and yet i had it for a couple months barely touched it ended up trading it, for a trade i'm really happy with, but still. Why? Was it those pointy corners? Yet, part of me thinks the reason i'm into the collector side of things here in the piggy parlour, is just for this reason; i never know what's going to float my boat, truly, until its in my hands. But if i'm going to ever start thinking of myself as a collector i do need a bigger scope; my income, for instance, fluctuates WILDLY. I had a great year last year and could buy wht i wanted, but i can already see the gravy train not flying quite so freely this year. There will probably be spans throughout my entire life where i cant buy what i want. If my memory is still accurate two years ago there were months where a twenty dollar deck would have been out of reach for me.
Decks i don't want; i've been thankful the ironwing isn't in my sights. It seems like the sort of thing i should want, and i look at scans often but the nervous thrill isn't there. Tyldwick; i STILL look at that sight so often they should charge me admission; i love the concept, but i don't want the deck. I suspect if the images were slightly sharper, more close up so i could inspect the wares in the rooms better it would be a different story.