The Artwork of Modern Tarot - Tarot Weblog

The Artwork of Modern Tarot - Tarot Weblog: "24 Mar 2008 Kerrie Carbary's Tarot of Mom finally arrived today. It was created using old fashioned scissors and paste collage in 2000, so it is strange that I only heard about it recently. Perhaps Kerrie Carbary has only just got round to printing it up in deck form. She has renamed many of the cards, but they are archetypally tarot images, and she provides a translation key. I must say I really like these unpretentious tarots that obviously arise out of some powerful personal experiences. Other collectors, oriented toward fine art, tend to look down on such items and treat them with a bit of disdain, and even contempt, but for me such decks are a key part of modern tarot."

I'm pretty pleased with being called unpretentious!

What I've been working on

I'm throwing myself into working on The Totem Tarot again. I'm obsessed.
Here's one of my latest:



A Crow Alone
5 x 7 inches, watercolor, ink, collage, pencil

crows travel in pairs.
one watches over
the other explores



Should I put prints up on etsy?
Yes, I suppose that if I was a good art marketer, I should. :)
(I am trying to be a good art marketer...)

Sockmadness Zombie

Thank you for the encouragement! I needed it. :)

That Sockmadness Bus Stop I Have Known (Delridge and Roxbury, West Seattle)

I've been knitting my sockmadness sock like a madwoman. Buffy (season 6) is perfect for sockmadnessing. Unfortunately, things like work keep interrupting, but here's my update:

Fourteen Days, Fourteen Things

Fourteen things that happened in the fourteen days since I posted last. Not in order:

1. I was rejected for a job by postcard. POSTCARD! The agony.
2. I've been moving into a new art studio. Want an invitation to our studio warming party? Post a reply and I'll send you one. (Don't worry, I have comments moderated on this post, so nobody will see your address except for me.)
3. I was beaten by my little sister on Facebook Scrabulous more times than I want to admit.
4. I was reminded that many landlords are not Good, and reminded why I would love a job in tenant's rights.
5. I was reminded of the kindness of friends. Friends ROCK.
6. I ate a box of Girl Scout cookies all by myself. Shameful.
7. I decided that it's time to start eating better and losing weight.
8. I reached less than 200 hours left on my Americorps position. Yikes, the end is near.
9. I lived another 14 days without cable. I think I'm beating the TV addiction.
10. I'm still addicted to pens and yarn.
11. I read a mystery book. Yes, me. A slightly trashy mystery, too, by J. D. Robb. Now I'm addicted to slightly trashy mysteries by J. D. Robb.
12. I designed a poster for a major nonprofit (sounds good, doesn't it??)
13. I made a turkey pot pie! From scratch! (almost... I did buy the pie crust.)
14. I rediscovered Freecycle. Mmm, Freecycle. I love Freecycle.