rainbowmoon said:
and I apologize cirom, but I had to ask!
No need to apologize. Despite 6 Haunted days post warnings of my getting "worked up" about it. As she knows by now I hope, my position on this is to simply state that it isn't GW, and to attempt to negate the assumption by many that it was a political statement on my part. That's not so much getting work up as simply feeling the need to separate fact from assumption. Which I'm in a unique position to do. Having said that if you or anyone else wants to think it is GW or feel its appropriate, then thats fine. After all, that process of personal interpretation of any card is part and parcel of the role of all tarot images. However I do think its regrettable that some people who initially didn't see this "likeness" but after having read it now find it difficult to not make the connection. Unfortunate.
While this may be a more extreme case of "likeness" it certainly not unique. Some people have commented the Fool also looks like a younger Paul Newman, the Queen of Swords is a younger Elizabeth Taylor. I should have kept all the e-mails, between them all apparently half of Hollywood makes a cameo appearance
However the truth is that everyone on that particular deck is family and friends, that way I avoided model fees