ARNELL ANDO Tarot Christmas Tree Postcard Mail Art Project Calendario 2005 - Febbraio LITERATAROT
Hero's Journey Tarot
La Papessa
Trasformational Tarots
Some traditional meanings associated with this card are: a time for soul searching after disillusionment, the quest for inner peace and a rejection of the comforts and pitfalls of society in the search for something more spiritually meaningful. The classic I chose to represent this card is The Razor’s Edge by Somerset Maugham, a tale of a man’s quest for the meaning of life. Larry Darrell is a happy-go-lucky, charismatic young American who has a life of promise awaiting him, but becomes disillusioned by his experiences during World War I. He postpones marriage to his childhood sweetheart, Isabelle, and travels to Europe and India in a search for knowledge. Isabelle sacrifices marriage with Larry in favor of a secure union which promises wealth and social standing. Another childhood friend of theirs, Sophie, has a Tower card experience losing her family and never recovers from this fall. Larry tries to rescue her from a wasted life of addiction and empty liaisons with men, but this attempt at redemption is thwarted by Isabelle's jealous manipulation. Larry’s outlook on life remains inquisitive and burden free. He evolves, while the more directionless and materialistic characters in his life suffer reversals of fortune, never learning from the lessons that life offers. Larry detaches himself emotionally from the people in his life, while drifting in and out of their lives as he travels to remote destinations, always in search for answers.
Notes on the card: in the background is a passport visa, the world that Larry travels in search for truth, layers of indiscernible text with the title, The Razor’s Edge in antique typewriter font. The central figure is the Hermit Larry, his hat humbly held in one hand with his trusty lantern in the other. Below him is his former fiancée, Isabelle, who could not give up her high society lifestyle for a risky life with Larry. Above him is the ghostly, tragic image of Sophie with a cocktail beside her. At the Hermit’s feet rests his well-worn suitcase filled with accumulated experiences and knowledge.
Bio (CV)
Arnell Ando is a Jungian Expressive Arts Therapist and Certified Tarot Grandmaster. She has created 4 Tarot decks thus far including, Transformational Tarot published by U.S. Games, and Hero’s Journey, which she’s been handcrafting since ‘94. Her latest offering is the Lucky Pack Tarot. Arnell has combined her studies in the spiritual and psychological realms to create her unique interpretation of Tarot. Arnell has two grown sons that she adores and lives in San Diego with her best friend and husband, Michael McAteer. View Arnell’s art, decks, and custom-made miniature occult shops at: this web site or E-mail
Arnell Ando è una terapista di arti espressive che si basa sullo studio di Jung ed è Master di tarocchi. Ha creato 4 mazzi di tarocchi, Transformational Tarot (autopubblicato, e più recentemente rieditato da U.S. Games in 2006), il mazzo Hero's Journey Tarot, che hatrattato fin dal 1994, Storyteller Tarot con il libro e i testi di Diane Wilkes, e un nuovo mazzo di tarocchi-calendario 2007. Arnell unisce i suoi studi tra psicologia e spiritualità per creare un'interpretazione unica dei Tarocchi. Conduce workshops d'arte e tarocchi a San Diego e in vari incontri. Potete vedere i numerosi mazzi di Arnell o leggere i suoi saggi in questo sito web o scrivere a questa E-mail
