lamort wrote:(Goldschmidt ace of swords is really incredible!)

Indeed. It looks like a rock&roll erotic fantasy!


EE

Hi Debra, Thanks for your post. I really appreciate your thoughts and the opportunity they bring to talk about these themes, which are of fundamental interest to me. There is a creative impulse that lives in all of us and can be expressed in many different ways. It would be specially important to no...

Thanks Lamort,

It is good to see you around here...


EE

Hi Debra, Remember that I prefaced my post by saying I am a snob. :-) You are right, I was talking about historically relevant art. (An argument can be made about how the tarot doesn't fit into that category). When it comes to art that may be personally appealing but of no historic consequence, your...

Hello (jk) Disclaimer: I am a snob. :-) When talking about Art, the first thing that would be important to acknowledge is that the art world is a magic-authenticating system that works under very specific superstitions. I believe it was Jean Baudrillard the one who said that ‘art is whatever you can...

That ‘Old’ Tarot de Marseille Lore Where is the tarot’s very own Eddie Lenihan? Hello all. With the arrival of the restored Dodal deck by the Flornoys I have been enjoying some details in the cards that are linked to what I would call the Tarot de Marseille lore. Many of these details aren’t easy t...

Hi Robert, Thanks for your kind comments. To tell you the truth I have been quite bored recently, and the new Dodal really got me inspired! I used to teach graphic design, visual communication and color, back in Caracas. In fact, it was while studying graphic design many years ago that I became inte...

I'll be very curious to hear your thoughts once you've played with the deck for a bit. I'm struck mostly with how substantial the deck feels, it feels like a work deck, not a collector's item. I, too, need to sit down with it and really examine it in the light of day, but I'm just really pleased wi...

Hi Robert, I also got mine today. I haven’t been this excited since Monika Lewinsky flirted with me at a Gucci store (true story!) You did a wonderful job with the box again. It is sober, it is elegant, it feels contemporary and yet it retains the historical flavor of the deck. The deck itself is a ...

Hello all, I guess most of you have seen this image before: http://www.hocuspocusjr.com/fpc2.jpg But I just found it again in a gorgeous book on magic recently released by Taschen and though that it would be nice to share it here. If I recall correctly, Hocus Pocus Junior was printed in 1634. It was...