Meet “The Magician” Card
The Portland Tarot Majors – A Daily Commute Day “1” – The Magician Get ready to bring your big ideas down from the astral and make them real. Now is the time to envision and act. You have great power at your fingertips—the power to manifest the things you see in your dreams. Using the compass of your emotions and the fire of your will, set your sights on a focused purpose and give shape to the world! The Magician is a card about focused will, magic, and manifestation. To me it is an archetype for someone who controls...
read moreMeet “The Fool” Card
The Portland Tarot Majors – A Daily Commute Day “0” – The Fool Starting afresh on a new journey can be an adventure when you maintain your innocence. Just be watch your step! And welcome to Portland, dear wanderer! You’re in the right place. The Fool card is the beginning of the journey in Tarot, so I wanted the viewer to immediately be welcomed to Portland, and thereby The Portland Tarot, on the very first card. Cheryl is the lovely subject for this card, and as her last name is Green, green seemed to somehow...
read moreFirst Thursday & First Friday Gallery Shows This Week
I’m delighted to announce that pieces from The Portland Tarot will be showing at TWO different locations this week! A majority of the pieces on display will be at Sarah G. Creative at First Thursday (June 6th, 2013, 6-8pm). This open studio will feature Amy Elizabeth Couture and jewelry by Deborah Funches, in addition to 6-7 pieces from The Portland Tarot Series. The studio is on 217 NW Couch St. There is an official invite available on Facebook. On Friday I will have three pieces from the series at the opening for the Sideshow themed...
read more“The Portland Tarot” Mentioned in The Oregonian for World Tarot Day
I am so excited to have been included in an interview for World Tarot Day, in tandem with some exciting news from Tarot.com. They were recently bought up by a great company that shares their passion for divination. They wanted to spread the word, and to show people how wonderful a daily tool for insight, meditation, and relaxation that Tarot can be. I was honored when they offered me up as a reader reference! And even more honored when the journalist decided to do a call out about my project with an illustration of the Strength card and its...
read moreThe Portland Tarot at The World Domination Summit
I am excited to announce that I have been invited to participate in the World Domination Summit this July 5-7 in Portland! It is a sold out 3,000-people event. This is how it is described on the site: “It’s all about unconventional, remarkable people coming together for a weekend of adventure.” Sounds like my kind of party! It’s held at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert hall and hosts some incredible speakers. I have been invited to do Tarot readings from The Portland Tarot in the Portlandia Village, a curated collection of Portland-centric...
read moreThe Funny Tale of How I Came to Be on the Radio Last Monday
I had some friends in a band who were going to play for my art show. The morning of the show, they canceled. I felt obligated to get a replacement, as the restaurant owner had been touting all week that my opening would have a musical act. I asked friends left and right if they could help me find a replacement on the day. Part of me knew it would be fine if I didn’t have anyone to play, but gee, it wasn’t going to be nearly as fun, so I wasn’t going to give up. I tried to remain stress-free and calm, trusting that the universe would provide....
read moreMaking a Tarot Deck: One Artist’s Quest for the Elusive Passion Project
There is something that I learned from doing Tarot readings for the last few years: just about everyone is seeking a passion project. Something so profoundly interesting to them — nay, haunting, grabbing, possessing — that they will stay with it even if it drags them through hell. Here’s something I’ve learned the hard way: finding a passion project — or being found by a passion project — is only the first part of the equation. Staying fixed on this seemingly elusive conquest can be an excuse to avoid the even greater difficulty of keeping a...
read moreArt Show Opening and Kickstarter Benefit for The Portland Tarot, May 8th, 6-9pm
Want to see some big prints of the art in person? There’s an art show coming up next week! Wednesday, May 8, 6-9pm Cathedral Park Restaurant 6635 N. Baltimore Ave. Portland, OR 97203 We will have a folk/jazz band! The weather looks to be lovely, and the view is incredible from the restaurant. Plus the drinks and food are amazing. Raffle tickets will be $5 each. If you choose to pledge to the Kickstarter, you can get a raffle ticket for each $5 you pledge, up to 6 raffle tickets per person! There will also be an opportunity to play King...
read moreQ&A About The Portland Tarot Kickstarter
I’ve had chats about the project Kickstarter in various venues, and there are two questions I often see asked about the project… While I do cover my reasoning in my Kickstarter, I figured it was worth covering these topics in more depth here. Q. Why are you fundraising before the deck is close to complete? A. The style of artwork that I am creating has some overhead involved that I have been covering out of my own pocket awhile. An expensive studio bulb needing to be replaced, more involved shoots that need hair, costumes or props, and...
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