macondo tarot
Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 09 Jan 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.
| HudsonGray |
09 Jan 2003 |
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That's..............very strange. I take it that's not a stalk of broccoli on La Fuerza.
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| Ophiel |
09 Jan 2003 |
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Anybody here know Spanish, and could take a guess at what the name means, if it's a proper noun, etc.?
I searched the word and got a link to a site about author Gabriel García Márquez...and another about Haitian Art...and a reference to Macondo, the city of Mirrors.
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| Khatruman |
09 Jan 2003 |
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**ROTFLMAO!!!! Stalk of broccoli... OMG, you are gonna have me chuckling all the way home!!!!!
Peace... as he laughs and fades....
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| HeyElan |
09 Jan 2003 |
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Macondo is the town of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's [u]One Hundred Years of Solitude[/i].
It seems as if these cards are based on the book - the child with a pig's tail is part of the plot, as is the guy followed by yellow butterflies and the devilish figure.
A great collectors item for GGM fans. I should pick it up, as 100YS is my favorite book. . .hm.
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| merangue kitty |
09 Jan 2003 |
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oh dear lord..why does that poor chap have a tree in his bum?
it's very....interesting...art. and according to google, macondo cannot be translated, leading me to beleive it may be a name. 'untarot para macondo' = 'a tarot for macondo' whch is confusing..but since i dont really kow spansh, i just make it out cause it's so close to french, i could be wrong ^__~
[edit] or, you know..what elan said..[/edit]
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| HeyElan |
09 Jan 2003 |
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That's not a tree. Hehe. The girl in the picture is engaged to a foppish European toymaker. The boy in the picture has just returned from a hitch with the pirates and is the absolute opposite of her affianced.
Oh, did I mention that they're adopted siblings? Doesn't matter though, as he ran away to be a gypsy before she was even born.
Anywho - they run off and get married, leaving poor Pietro the toymaker to court Rebecca's evil sister Amaranta.
Er. That thing arising from his backside is the flatulence that could "wilt flowers."
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| Maan |
09 Jan 2003 |
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Wow what a really weird deck!
I like it!:D
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| Dee |
09 Jan 2003 |
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Macondo is a town in Colombia, S.A.
In the picture of the box at the bottom it translates to "images and protagonists of a town."
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| HeyElan |
09 Jan 2003 |
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It's a fictional town, though. :)
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| Dee |
09 Jan 2003 |
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oh, yes. :)
:)
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| Ophiel |
10 Jan 2003 |
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This may be a bit off track, butt...
does anybody remember the title of a Mexican movie that is based on a story from Gabriel García Márquez' "100 Yrs. of Solitude"?
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| Melvis |
10 Jan 2003 |
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My favorite part about the Ebay page is that they turned the Hanged Man upside down! :D
Peace,
Melvis
:TSTRE
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| Jeannette |
11 Jan 2003 |
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From the English translation in the LWB:
"The Macondo Tarot
Inspired by the magic of Colombian Reality
Images and characters of a people"
"...This Tarot Pack was the final project for my Graphic Designer's degree at the National University of Colombia; it was also part, as a paper and exhibition, of the tribute to Gabriel García Márquez in the Conference 'One Hundred Years of Solitude -- Thirty Years On,' organized by the same University and the Instituto Caro y Cuervo; it was selected as one of the exhibits to represent Colombia for the 'New Designers 1998' international exhibition in London."
The majors and courts are quite enchanting, and very often humorous. The pips, conversely, are very plain. More images can be seen at:
http://www.tarotgarden.com/database/dbsearchengine.php?view_title=macondo
-- Jeannette
http://www.tarotgarden.com
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| Teal |
11 Jan 2003 |
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That's just plain disgusting. I don't like that one.
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| HeyElan |
11 Jan 2003 |
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That's just plain disgusting. I don't like that one.
Is that your sanitized, air-freshened, well-scrubbed reaction to a story and deck that deals with earthy people from a less hygenic time?
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| darwinia |
11 Jan 2003 |
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Lovely colouring on the cards though, I am enchanted by the hairy legs on "de Mariposas" and wonder what the story is there.
I think I'd prefer Love in the Time of Cholera as a book.
I would love to see more artists interpret a favourite book or author like this, it's very creative, much more creative than the same old R-W symbolism that keeps showing up on decks. We've done that.
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| HudsonGray |
11 Jan 2003 |
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You know, some of the cards almost have a Picasso look. Vaguely, but it's there sorta.
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