Tarot and Journeys

(Ink on Paper; scanned and Digital)

I worked up the digital version of this to create ads and flyers for the Tarot art show that’s going up at ALTR, with opening nights on April 11th and 12th. I am ostensibly one of the organizers, but the other Sarah (aka Dovanna), actually did all the work. I think I contributed a whoppin’ 2% to this endeavor, but that’s because I am kind of an idiot and Dovanna is a powerhouse of organization, not because anything about the show itself is lacking. If anything, it’s a bit overwhelming to be so emotionally invested in a show. I think Dovanna would agree that working on a project that tethers us a tiny bit closer to Rachel Pollack, with her grace and wisdom, has been a solace in the last months (To Dovanna, Pollack is the woman who was the master of the Tarot who just happened to write comics; to me, Pollack is the woman who wrote fuckin’ Doom Patrol but just happened to know a ton about the Tarot). I’ve also enjoyed spending more time with Crowley’s Thoth deck. I’m not a woo person (all shiny rocks and esoterica knowledge aside). I’m really not; but, if there’s a tarot deck that’s an asshole? It’s the Thoth deck. We may need grace and wisdom, but we also need some serious fuck-this-fuck-you energy. All the options. Just like the Tarot itself.