@uraszz
What are you trying to accomplish with this deck? Do you have a specific audience? Are you using the RWS or another system as a reference or are you going all out and doing your own thing?
Thanks for the Love Uraszz.
That's pretty gracious of you that you understand the vision of the deck. It is critical to me that each of the models be given full creative freedom to express the archetype. When I got the reference photo from Selena, I did my best to interpret the camera as a component of the image.
Obviously, there is a Mirror, and she is taking a photograph of herself with the camera.
When looking at that through the context of the Moon, there are all kinds of small suggestions and connections to be made.
The reflection of the light on the glass is the reflection of the moon. The Illusion of the card is expressed through the framed perception of a beauty shot. The face is hidden, like the phases of the moon, yet there is still this pull of seduction.
She gave it her best effort, and I tried to make that come through in the artwork. Mission accomplished.
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Jonathan Saiz seems like a nice guy. I also love his paintings on wood. Those things are beautiful. I think that's cool that you use the Fountain Deck, or that you are familiar with it.
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The details on the vision:
Basically, William Blake said that all Deities exist within the Human Breast, and I've found that to be the case in my own life. As seekers, I think we tend to look through a lot of different religious traditions. I know that the Tarot has a long tradition of that -- Pretty sure that its even in the name of this site.
Aeclectic -- seems like eclectic spirituality.
When I think about Eclectic Spirituality, I actually think about a paradox of Anarchism vs. Collectivism.
Anarchism, because of the subjective experience -- as in the case of mysticism and gnostic insight. And Collectivism being the undercurrent of Myth that moves through our lives.
We can all relate to the Major Arcana. I don't have to jump off a cliff to know what it feels like to be the Fool -- but I feel it, and I know when I've felt it in my own life.
The point is to be conscious of that connection and strengthen the relationship of each person to those archetypes. In my opinion, the best way to do that is to embody them for a moment -- just to understand what they are all about.
To be honest, I think we embody the Archetypes constantly -- we're just not always aware of their presence in our lives.
So my whole game with the Mirrors Tarot is to push awareness of the relationship that each person has with their own sub-conscious forces.
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The most radical component of my deck is that I've included a contest with the launch of the Kickstarter campaign.
I'll actually invite everyone in this forum to participate.
The contest is called #ModelAMajor.
The idea is that each person who participates does the same thing that my models did for these cards.
Each person picks an Archetype to represent, and then does their best to capture that in a reference photo.
Then, I paint your portrait.
If my campaign gets funded, that winner will get their own custom deck as well.
The contest is from April 1st to April 22nd -- same as the campaign.
I'll post the details here when I'm done sewing together the final components of the Kickstarter Campaign.
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Even if the campaign isn't funded, I'm still going to honor the portrait painting. I think it's important that people realize that connection between themselves and the symbols / iconography of the Tarot.
Long answer.
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Take care.