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I have one child, who thinks that Tarot, computers, the Internet and reading books are all dorky, uncool and boring; thus, we have *nothing* in common (oh, except for DNA, and even that I'm doubting - she looks far more like my Baby Brother than she does me, so I'm just wondering whether I adopted a child of his that he didn't want ... )
She really, really is bored by Tarot. Didn't enjoy her one lesson at all.
She's not scared by it, like her grandmother and her best mate, she just thinks it's ho-hum. Something only I could love, and she knows that's only because I Have No Life. If I suddenly grew a life, she reasons, I'd lose all interest in Tarot (doesn't speak well for my last 25 or 30 years, does it).
So I have this burgeoning collection.
All my Tarot-interested friends are my own age or older and probably won't outlive me by much, or else are not that good a friend.
As the kid doesn't do books, my will has already a provision to donate my entire library, minus any books she may care to pick out, to the nearest needy library. I fully understand that they will immediately try to hold a sale to get rid of my occult books - I've seen their range!
So ... what happens to Tarot decks? Who will I leave them to? I can't stand the thought that I might go under the wheels of a bus tomorrow - or die peacefully in my sleep in forty-one years' time, and all these Wonderful Things will get carelessly thrown out by her because she doesn't see the value or interest in them. They have to go somewhere! Where?
Perhaps we can establish an Aeclectic Trust, to look after the collections of deceased persons who don't have like-minded heirs, which can then be gifted or sold to needy Tarotistas on prove-ably low incomes? At least then you know they are going to be loved after your time with them is up, if you have crazy progeny like mine or none at all.
Tarot decks are a bit like pets, not saucepans. Although I'm a good cook, I don't give a damn what happens to my kitchenware when I die. But if I still had animals, especially long-lived animals like galahs, which can reach a century with care, you have a massive responsibility to them. It's not good enough to say "It may never happen" - that is predicated on you being the first person in millenia to be immortal. Card XIII rocks around for us all sooner or later, even if it's decades later, and even if it is a card of transformation, I will transform into something that has no access to my previous property. Just as I made sure there was ongoing care arranged for my late galah when I got her, I really feel I should do the same for my collection.
She really, really is bored by Tarot. Didn't enjoy her one lesson at all.
She's not scared by it, like her grandmother and her best mate, she just thinks it's ho-hum. Something only I could love, and she knows that's only because I Have No Life. If I suddenly grew a life, she reasons, I'd lose all interest in Tarot (doesn't speak well for my last 25 or 30 years, does it).
So I have this burgeoning collection.
All my Tarot-interested friends are my own age or older and probably won't outlive me by much, or else are not that good a friend.
As the kid doesn't do books, my will has already a provision to donate my entire library, minus any books she may care to pick out, to the nearest needy library. I fully understand that they will immediately try to hold a sale to get rid of my occult books - I've seen their range!
So ... what happens to Tarot decks? Who will I leave them to? I can't stand the thought that I might go under the wheels of a bus tomorrow - or die peacefully in my sleep in forty-one years' time, and all these Wonderful Things will get carelessly thrown out by her because she doesn't see the value or interest in them. They have to go somewhere! Where?
Perhaps we can establish an Aeclectic Trust, to look after the collections of deceased persons who don't have like-minded heirs, which can then be gifted or sold to needy Tarotistas on prove-ably low incomes? At least then you know they are going to be loved after your time with them is up, if you have crazy progeny like mine or none at all.
Tarot decks are a bit like pets, not saucepans. Although I'm a good cook, I don't give a damn what happens to my kitchenware when I die. But if I still had animals, especially long-lived animals like galahs, which can reach a century with care, you have a massive responsibility to them. It's not good enough to say "It may never happen" - that is predicated on you being the first person in millenia to be immortal. Card XIII rocks around for us all sooner or later, even if it's decades later, and even if it is a card of transformation, I will transform into something that has no access to my previous property. Just as I made sure there was ongoing care arranged for my late galah when I got her, I really feel I should do the same for my collection.
It's not unusual to birth a child and wonder what gene pool they flopped out of to land in yours. Kids come through us but don't belong to us so it's not unusual to have this happen. You know how with animals you have what are called "throwbacks"? Well, it's the same with kids. You can't depend on them to fit into your family once they're here.