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Published: 2005-07-26 19:06:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 1684; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 107
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I wanted to try to come up with a version of the tarot card The Fool that was different from the way it is usually depicted. To me the Fool represents the end of a chapter in life and the begining of a new one like an egg that hasnt yet been hatched. Instead of the usual guy about to fall off a cliff I used imagery that better fit my understanding of the card like the stone of the fifth{wich documents world ages} and the galactic egg that has not yet burst.The original plan had more images in it but it looked better at this stage.
Photo collage put together in Adobe Photoshop{the egg was a chicken egg I painted-yay galactic easter!}
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I love it! Such a nice rendition compared to the typical cookie-cutter style that dominates the typical tarot deck. I hope you make more cards...
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That is a beautiful rendition!! I am running a show this month on the Fool..see my page for info!!
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Your symbolism contrasts a little. At least as far as I see...
The Fool is without burden of knowledge, and therefore is carefree in his travels.
The Egg symbol is good "Be neither man nor woman, but both in one. Be silent babe in the egg of blue," however its placement at the throat calls forth the Adam Kadmon association with the Tree of Life (especially with the spiral form) leading the viewer to connect it with Da'ath (The Abyss/Knowledge). You can't have an egg of naivety being confused with a void of infinite knowing.
You could have it float above his gaze, and vacant stare. Or even embedded right in his forehead, as the crown chakra/Kether. Linking it with attainment, because maybe ignorance is bliss.
But maybe it's just me and its perfect as is. I mean, it's already a killer piece of artwork aesthetically
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i really like this one
and the azteca calendar at the background is a nice touch, not just because im from mexico, its more for the mix of elements from diferent cultures that have so much in common, like the cosmic egg, the tree of life ( i don't really know if the tree in the image represents it but thats what i thought when i first saw it) and the tarot
there is a really good song from mano negra called the fool (this has nothing to do with the image but the name made me remember the song jejeje)
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That is some great tallent you have, good that your an art student anyways hope to hear more from ya, instant 
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Not into tarot cards myself, but I love the way you have composited these images together, very nice flow. I especially like the negative of the trees visible through the body, and the symbols circling the head. Do you have any other images in this style?
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this is great, I love the actual images that you used and the photoshop effects work really well, I like the negative space tree in the foreground alot.
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this is one of the best repensation of adam i have ever seen, great great work
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its intresting that the egg(representing the cosmic macro/micro world as above so below?) you have placed within the throat chakra, the voice as the creative word giving birth in first utterance. An aura of the mayan callender to tie into the cosmic cycles. The person made of the ground, the earth, tree's reaching deep within the sub-consciousness while the eyes and the high chakra gazing towards the unknown of heaven. Rather then a traditional fool that simply starts a journey into the unknown, it seems your interpetation as the fool is more along the lines of the pythagorian who states "all that I know is that I really only know nothing, and that this is the beginning of knowledge" I like it.
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Hey Adam's the Fool? Should have known alllll this time. So does Ms. Cleo use this deck now?
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