The Eight of Coins was a bit of a difficult one in deciding how we were going to portray it. Unlike some of the others, we didn't have any disagreements about what we wanted to convey, but rather were struggling with how to represent it without repeating too much of any of our prior images. … Continue reading Eight of Coins
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Seven of Coins
The Seven of Coins was yet another of the coins where we agreed on the idea and interpretation, but when it came to actual execution, we were left kind of scratching our heads. The seven is a card of work in progress, of projects budding, and crops coming in, but completion still being a ways … Continue reading Seven of Coins
Six of Coins
The Six of Coins was a kind of a tricky card to shoot- we were in a bit of a rush, and an essential element of the card is that we had to have at least two other people in the image as beggars/hangers-on to make our portrayal work. Fortunately, even though it was rather … Continue reading Six of Coins
Five of Coins
The Five of Coins is one of the few completely negative cards in the tarot, which made it interesting to shoot. While Stephanie and I sometimes differ on how to portray various cards, there is very little room for interpretive differences in the Five of Coins- it is just poverty, and destitution. We knew we … Continue reading Five of Coins
Four of Coins
The Four of Coins is a miserly card- whether that is miserliness out of greed, or penny-pinching out of necessity, it denotes a clinging to one's money and resources (that is not always a healthy thing). We hit upon the idea of accounting fairly early- it was something we had considered for the Two of … Continue reading Four of Coins
Three of Coins
The Three of Coins was a bit of an intellectual challenge for both Stephanie and me during the planning phase of the coins- it's traditionally a card of skilled labor, or career and profession. Stephanie's profession, though, involves the internet and computers, and we really struggled to come up with some way to convey that … Continue reading Three of Coins
Two of Coins
The Two of Coins- balance and measurement, especially of financial or material resources. An apt card for both Stephanie and me, perhaps- we're both old enough now to not be that horrible post-college broke, but we're still young enough that we don't have a lot of resources built up. With our economy struggling for the … Continue reading Two of Coins
Ace of Coins
The Ace of Coins very nearly didn't happen. It became a little bit of a fiasco, to be honest- we were shooting after work one evening, which always involves the lovely coordinating of commutes, and attempts to consume food, etc. In this particular instance, the camera got left at Stephanie's, and so we wound up … Continue reading Ace of Coins
King of Cups
The King of Cups- the Fisher King, the wounded ruler, the compassionate leader so closely tied to his realm that its pains manifest in his very body. The final card in the suit of the psyche and the soul. It seemed straight-forward enough. Somehow dress Stephanie like a king, get by the water, and take … Continue reading King of Cups
Queen of Cups
The Queen of Cups was shot in January, and given that we were both more than a little ill, it was probably one of our least enjoyable shoots. But we were trying to finish off the last of the Cups so that we could get started on the Coins, and so we soldiered onward. Our … Continue reading Queen of Cups
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