I don't usually go to art openings at places called "Splendorporium", but this particular evening showcased local artists' renditions of tarot cards, so how could I resist? An added bonus was that a few of my friends had work up, including Alison Gayne, whose painting reinterprets "The Moon", an archetypal symbol that illuminates the dark pastures of the unconscious. Here she is in front of her canvas, presenting the three random cards she picked, which just so happened to include... "The Moon". Vegas would put the odds of that at 1 to 26, but archetypes do not operate on statistics, they operate on synchronicity. It's as if "The Moon" was waiting for this particular encounter to reveal a glimpse of the mystery at the heart of the tarot, the dream logic that underscores our lives in the profoundest ways without us even knowing.
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