Dear friends,
It certainly is good news for me and I hope, for folks out there who wish to work with this deck. Logistics have been hard for me to follow up with and working with Schiffer will enable others to have access to this deck.
When I posted up the creation process, I was and still am grateful for the support fellow readers have shown me... here and at Adam's forum. Folks like thorhammer, truelighth, jeremy lampkin, shadowdancer, alta, gregory and so many more.. If I didn't mention your user ID here, it doesn't mean I forgotten about you, it just means that it's has been 7 years (yeah, time sure flies huh?
) since Day 1.
The challenge for me now is to revisit Jahanam and write the stories behind each card, the symbolism and hopefully, that will explain more about the images. I have received emails asking about them but I never got around to writing the book because I figured it would never get picked up by a publisher.
It was Diane Wilkes who insisted I submit it last year and when I told her my fear of rejection, she refused to buy it. Friends like that are rare. In the end, with her help, I submitted the deck so now, the journey and another challenge begins.. writing the LWB.
I have been busy building my tattoo portfolio the last 3 years but this is a chance that won't came by twice. The thing about this whole experience is that I never thought The Diary would help others when it was supposed to be my personal art therapy. If there is one thing I would like to share about this exercise is that if you have a dream, pursue it.. work for it and it will come true one day
Ash
