Re: Three of Coins
retrokat said:
Also, instead of a robed architect holding a plan, I put women doing handicrafts - making the furnishings for this beautiful church.
The way these three women are working together is as I found them in a fresco. The relationship between them, even though they're working silently together, looked to me like one of mutual support and co-operation. I imagined that they were each doing different stages of some vestment or whatever. Each woman doing the bit she was best at, then passing it on to the woman doing the next task/stage. Making something beautiful together, with love - sort of like the American quilting tradition maybe?
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Retrokat,
Let me first say how much I love your deck. I went into a store looking for something else entirely, and couldn't leave without it. I've been slowly getting to know it, and just found this thread. What a delight to hear your process and thoughts on each card.
About the three women -- this is a classic renditions of the three Fates - the one who spins the thread of life, the one who weaves the design of life, the one who cuts the thread of life.
I loved that they were sitting there underneath the artist who is working, next to the priest or architect, the ever-present divine feminine.
I know this is not what you had in mind, but perhaps this image chose you? I laughed when I saw them.
I am a poet, and sometimes people find things in my work that I had no conscious idea about, so I thought you might enjoy the feedback.
Thanks for your work. It is good.
RedMaple