zan_chan
Ok, here we go. The Magus:
Initial thoughts to get this thread started: Definitely a lot different from the RWS or TdM Magician/Bateleur, that's for sure. I simply cannot look at this card without seeing the Empire State Building. Something (the line work? the light?) look so much like New York City architecture. There's even a monkey involved to remind me of King Kong climbing to the top of the building! When I think of the Empire State Building, I think of human achievement and perseverance, our ability to control natural forces and the elements.
Even the Magus himself reminds me a bit of Rockefeller Plaza's Atlas statue - which is funny because another immediate connection I make to this card is the work of Ayn Rand. Something about this image screams Dagny Taggart and John Galt to me. There seems to be so much ingenuity, so much forward motion in this card - it all feels so reminiscent of the progress the "good guys" in Atlas Shrugged hope to make. I suppose they are products of the same decade, though...
And who doesn't love monkeys??
Anyway, just getting this thread started...
Initial thoughts to get this thread started: Definitely a lot different from the RWS or TdM Magician/Bateleur, that's for sure. I simply cannot look at this card without seeing the Empire State Building. Something (the line work? the light?) look so much like New York City architecture. There's even a monkey involved to remind me of King Kong climbing to the top of the building! When I think of the Empire State Building, I think of human achievement and perseverance, our ability to control natural forces and the elements.
Even the Magus himself reminds me a bit of Rockefeller Plaza's Atlas statue - which is funny because another immediate connection I make to this card is the work of Ayn Rand. Something about this image screams Dagny Taggart and John Galt to me. There seems to be so much ingenuity, so much forward motion in this card - it all feels so reminiscent of the progress the "good guys" in Atlas Shrugged hope to make. I suppose they are products of the same decade, though...
And who doesn't love monkeys??
Anyway, just getting this thread started...