Talisman
'Lo all,
To me, the more I've been through with a tarot deck, the more it means to me. The more times I've shuffled the cards, the better they feel. If I stuffed the deck in the bottom of a backpack, or a bicycle pannier, or a traveling bag to cross time zones, the deck has been some place with me. Might as well stamp them as my passport.
It takes me years to season a new deck. I don't want to bother unless I really like the deck. I wish, really, that I'd started with some version of the Smith-Rider-Waite deck and just stopped right there.
In my imagination, I collect lot'sa new decks. But, those of you who have a collection of 57 decks, or whatever, how many have you seen layed out on the floor of a one-man tent by candlelight when it is 40 below, or under the glare of a tropical sun? How many have you lived with?
Sorry, just trying to talk myself out of buying another deck.
But I think a really good deck should be seasoned, and living with it is the only way I know how. And I think it is important.
Talisman
To me, the more I've been through with a tarot deck, the more it means to me. The more times I've shuffled the cards, the better they feel. If I stuffed the deck in the bottom of a backpack, or a bicycle pannier, or a traveling bag to cross time zones, the deck has been some place with me. Might as well stamp them as my passport.
It takes me years to season a new deck. I don't want to bother unless I really like the deck. I wish, really, that I'd started with some version of the Smith-Rider-Waite deck and just stopped right there.
In my imagination, I collect lot'sa new decks. But, those of you who have a collection of 57 decks, or whatever, how many have you seen layed out on the floor of a one-man tent by candlelight when it is 40 below, or under the glare of a tropical sun? How many have you lived with?
Sorry, just trying to talk myself out of buying another deck.
But I think a really good deck should be seasoned, and living with it is the only way I know how. And I think it is important.
Talisman