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This has been a wild year for Crowdfunding decks. I was bitten by the campaigning bug almost a year ago, and life has been on the fast track since that fateful moment. There have been some really interesting campaigns launched since I began tracking this all, and an exciting new book on Tarot that is …
There are times in one’s life when you recognize your deepest desires through seeing them in another. Connecting with Anne Staveley and Jill Sutherland has been one of those moments in my life. Anne and Jill are both accomplished artists and passionate adventurers, women fearlessly manifesting their creative dreams. The part that really touches me …
I was really looking forward to this conversation. On Facebook and in their Kickstarter video both Virginia Jester and Chris Hopkins have a really cool, down to earth vibe, and I felt we could have a great conversation about being artists who have created decks. Also the way they approached their City Mystic • New …
It is such a gift to meet a kindred spirit. When I first saw Cheryl Fair’s Chariot card for her forthcoming Magical Realism Tarot I was intrigued. Pamela Steele of the Wizard’s Pets Tarot mentioned in a deck creators forum about this series of posts on crowdfunding, and that was how I met Cheryl. Thanks …
Death, Temperance, and the Devil. This is a heady group of cards in the Tarot’s Major Arcana. I had begun this post some days ago to celebrate the arrival and disbursement of the Crowdfunding Tarot-sized Oracle of Initiation decks a month early. Then, as the world shall have it, other things came to light, …
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If dog owners supposedly mimic the personalities and appearance of their canine companions, do Tarot deck makers look and act like their oracles? I think Doug Thornsjo validates this theory through his retro-styled circus deck, Tarot of the Zirkus Mågi. He has the demeanor of a sideshow barker from another era, a man transported from …
“I hope and trust you will succeed beyond your wildest dreams.” Ann VB Mission Accomplished. The Oracle of Initiation Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to print a more affordable version is now complete, coming in at 82% of its goal. Although it did not reach its targeted $8,888 funding, it fulfilled my core intentions, succeeding beyond my …
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We never really know the full impact of our actions, why things happen, or all the ways one set of circumstances affects another. Life is like Indra’s net, we are all woven together, glistening reflections of each other. When you touch into one place, like a spider capturing a fly, the entire web rattles …
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Pamela Steele is a delightful woman. She and I travel in the same circles, yet we had not met until recently. She is a faery godmother for other deck creators, establishing a group for those who make decks on Facebook, supporting others in publishing their own projects, as well as being extremely successful selling her …
I am one week into my 33-day campaign, and it has been an interesting ride since the launch. There have been multiple bee stings, I filmed the Oracle deck at my favorite local haunt called Abandoned Mary House Bones, success is being redefined through roller skating, some hormonal weather hit, I went hiking with goats, …
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