Digital artist diary, documenting a lifetime of creative work
Tomorrow is the summer solstice parade workshop kick off. This year the parade will be virtual. I joined an ensemble that will be creating costumes inspired by the tarot. In addition to making a female magician costume, I’m also volunteering to help others imagine their costumes. To arrive at a tarot inspired design, the first…
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Feels so good to finish a project!! This is one of the crazy ideas you start to invest your free time and actually finish. My desire to type in mermaids lasted 3 years and today I can type in mermaids. And yes, it was totally worth the effort. I made a ton of interesting art…
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Summer Solstice is doing a virtual edition – Come play with us and be creative. If you are NOT in Santa Barbara, but always wanted to be part of the parade, this is your year!! Feel free to join even if you aren’t planning on making a costume. We will be hosting Tarot Card Creators…
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This design is portable. It fits into a bike trailer. You can travel with it as far as you can bike ride. It’s a temporary point of sale for festivals, conventions, and parties. The first public test will be this Saturday at the Mystic art reception in Lompoc. You can see all the tarot cards…
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Today was the inaugural bike ride for the bike size tarot reading setup. It is the fourth iteration of a bike studio design in the last 5 years or so of testing. This version fits everything with a 22 gallon plastic outdoor storage bench and a bungee cord net.
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I’ve completed all the cards and done three rounds of edits. It’s time to do a test print run!! I’ll be looking for tarot readers to test out the deck and hopefully give me some feedback on the design before I print the companion book. I can write about the art and I’m looking for…
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Do you want to join an intuitive card reading study group next year? If you are a professional or an amateur this is an opportunity to share a passion for Oracle and Tarot decks. I LOVE 💕 all the different artwork and I have a collection of about 35 decks. In a group we can…
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The 11:11 time and date is symbolic. When I see 11:11, it is a reminder to be at peace in my mind and in a truce with those that could be conflicts. This is particularly true for the idea of opposites in balance, such as man and woman. Why does it mean that to me?…
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A deck of cards can be as utilitarian as flash cards for memorizing facts or it can be a full-on transformative spiritual experience. My interest in tarot cards started in high school when Michelle gifted me a set written in Italian. I still have the deck. The collection has expanded to about 25, and that…
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