Two simple images
Nov. 23rd, 2009 07:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pegkerrOccasionally I've run across an image that's pretty much perfect just as it is to make a card, aside from minor resizing or cropping. Here are two new cards I made last night, each based on just one image:
I actually dithered a bit about what to call this one. Options considered and discarded included, 'Divine child,' 'Star child,' 'Child of Light,' 'Purity,' and even 'Virginity.' I played with trying to add another element, like a burst of light generated from her upraised hand, but I couldn't make it look convincing. I considered making it a Committee card (aspect of myself) but eventually decided what it evoked in me felt a little larger than just myself, so I named it 'Innocence' and placed it (tentatively) in the Council suit (archetypes). Perhaps it's a bridge card between the two.
I actually hesitated quite awhile between this image and another from the same ad campaign, wondering which would be better to use. The other picture had the man and woman lying on opposite ends of the bed, their arms forming a mobius/unity symbol. I finally chose this one because the man and woman were embracing--they felt more focused on each other than the camera's eye as in the other one. This image doesn't have quite the balance of the Tarot Lovers card, but instead the woman is a little more central. I decided that was okay because I'm a woman, and so my perspective on being one of a pair of lovers is from the female point of view.
I actually dithered a bit about what to call this one. Options considered and discarded included, 'Divine child,' 'Star child,' 'Child of Light,' 'Purity,' and even 'Virginity.' I played with trying to add another element, like a burst of light generated from her upraised hand, but I couldn't make it look convincing. I considered making it a Committee card (aspect of myself) but eventually decided what it evoked in me felt a little larger than just myself, so I named it 'Innocence' and placed it (tentatively) in the Council suit (archetypes). Perhaps it's a bridge card between the two.
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| Innocence - Council suit I am the One who is pure of heart, who has never known anything but the Light. I am untouched by guile, cynicism, shame, fear, disappointment or grief. I freely reach out to all whom I meet because I have the sight to see the Divine spark within. |
I actually hesitated quite awhile between this image and another from the same ad campaign, wondering which would be better to use. The other picture had the man and woman lying on opposite ends of the bed, their arms forming a mobius/unity symbol. I finally chose this one because the man and woman were embracing--they felt more focused on each other than the camera's eye as in the other one. This image doesn't have quite the balance of the Tarot Lovers card, but instead the woman is a little more central. I decided that was okay because I'm a woman, and so my perspective on being one of a pair of lovers is from the female point of view.
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| The Lovers I am the One formed by the Two who met and saw the truth within each other and turned from our respective paths to reach out to embrace it. Our joining is a balancing, a fulfillment, a bliss of minds, bodies and spirit. Our love together holds the seeds of creation. |