Kay Valentine
So I got this idea for a tarot deck the other day...
Last Tuesday I started my second semester of college. I'm running a full load this semester, six classes, three of which are Honors level courses. Now imagine me on campus, standing outside in the freezing cold with two of my friends, the sun slipping below the horizon behind me, and you may can understand why I felt the need to yell at them: "Why the HELL did I let you talk me into taking a three-hour long night class!?"
But I digress. It was from that class that I got this idea. The professor; - from the moment he started talking, we could tell how passionate he is about his craft. "Every one in this room has something they want to tell the world. It can be vague or specific but to you it is something personal that you want to share. You are here to explore a medium by which you can do just that. I want you," he told us, "each one of you, to learn the skills it takes to turn an ordinary photograph into a work of art."
When he asked us to think of something personal that we found beautiful, I thought of tarot. When he asked us to think of a way photography could aid us in expressing our enjoyment on the subject, I thought of an idea for a deck - a photo-art deck!
Since I'm still new to tarot, I don't know if anyone has successfully done this yet. It seems difficult to build a good deck with this medium, but it does not seem impossible. I am still dedicating as much time and energy as I can to tarot, but the aforementioned semester schedule is rather time and energy consuming (so much so that I am even having to quit my job just so I can have time to study! - once I have completed this post, I imagine I won't spend another moment of the day today doing anything other than homework). Therefore, I have no intention of pursuing this creative endeavor...or at least not yet.
Not to mention, I'm brand new to the art of photography; if I set out with the intent of creating a deck, I am certainly not going to half-ass my way through it. So, at the end of this semester, I will determine whether or not I feel I have obtained the camera skill necessary to build a successful tarot deck in this manner, and if I have then I will start work on said project. Hopefully by then I will feel like I have learned a great deal about the art of the tarot as well.
So this is what (at great length) has lead me into my desire for feedback. While I would never push for publishing, I still want to know what other people would like to see, what exactly others would look for in a deck like this. If I were to pursue this idea, these are the questions I would need to consider:
*- Black-and-white vs. color (the photography class I am currently in is B&W, but I intend to take color next semester)
*- Urban vs. rural
*- Nature vs. people
*- Posed vs. unposed
*- Traditional artwork/concepts vs. abstract ones
My question to y'all is would you be interested at all in a photo-art deck, and if so, what style of photography would you most appreciate/consider most appropriate for such a purpose? Any sort of comment would be fantastic. Thanks in advance for any responses =)
~Kay V,
the Long-Winded
Last Tuesday I started my second semester of college. I'm running a full load this semester, six classes, three of which are Honors level courses. Now imagine me on campus, standing outside in the freezing cold with two of my friends, the sun slipping below the horizon behind me, and you may can understand why I felt the need to yell at them: "Why the HELL did I let you talk me into taking a three-hour long night class!?"
But I digress. It was from that class that I got this idea. The professor; - from the moment he started talking, we could tell how passionate he is about his craft. "Every one in this room has something they want to tell the world. It can be vague or specific but to you it is something personal that you want to share. You are here to explore a medium by which you can do just that. I want you," he told us, "each one of you, to learn the skills it takes to turn an ordinary photograph into a work of art."
When he asked us to think of something personal that we found beautiful, I thought of tarot. When he asked us to think of a way photography could aid us in expressing our enjoyment on the subject, I thought of an idea for a deck - a photo-art deck!
Since I'm still new to tarot, I don't know if anyone has successfully done this yet. It seems difficult to build a good deck with this medium, but it does not seem impossible. I am still dedicating as much time and energy as I can to tarot, but the aforementioned semester schedule is rather time and energy consuming (so much so that I am even having to quit my job just so I can have time to study! - once I have completed this post, I imagine I won't spend another moment of the day today doing anything other than homework). Therefore, I have no intention of pursuing this creative endeavor...or at least not yet.
Not to mention, I'm brand new to the art of photography; if I set out with the intent of creating a deck, I am certainly not going to half-ass my way through it. So, at the end of this semester, I will determine whether or not I feel I have obtained the camera skill necessary to build a successful tarot deck in this manner, and if I have then I will start work on said project. Hopefully by then I will feel like I have learned a great deal about the art of the tarot as well.
So this is what (at great length) has lead me into my desire for feedback. While I would never push for publishing, I still want to know what other people would like to see, what exactly others would look for in a deck like this. If I were to pursue this idea, these are the questions I would need to consider:
*- Black-and-white vs. color (the photography class I am currently in is B&W, but I intend to take color next semester)
*- Urban vs. rural
*- Nature vs. people
*- Posed vs. unposed
*- Traditional artwork/concepts vs. abstract ones
My question to y'all is would you be interested at all in a photo-art deck, and if so, what style of photography would you most appreciate/consider most appropriate for such a purpose? Any sort of comment would be fantastic. Thanks in advance for any responses =)
~Kay V,
the Long-Winded
