- Lynyrd Jym Marquez Narciso - Philippines
- I've been playing with some pics of me and my friends in Adobe Photoshop. The thing is, the images eventually did become tarot-related, resulting in this, uh, new deck. I'm thinkin of calling it
Tarot of Life Journey Impressions. But NO, NO, NO!!! I promise I will finish the decks I started earlier (with priorities on the Masque and the Vanessa), before I venture forth into yet another self-consuming endeavor of tarot deck creation. So, methinks its safe to say that these images are just for fun. Sort of like postcards to friends and all. The images are supposed to have that Impressionistic quality to them, as well as imitating the softer edges of watercolour. The deck theme this time is more of snapshots of someone's life, sort of like a visual scrapbook tarot (thanks to the people in the Comparative Tarot Yahoogroups for the idea).
- I've been raised by Jesuits throughout the duration of this, so far, short and uneventful life. I live somewhere in Manila, the capital of the Philippines (las Islas Felipinas). If yer wonderin where that's at, go get a globe, and go to Southeast Asia (the lower left of China). Its the small group of islands surrounded by an arc formed by Malaysia and Indonesia below, and mainland Southeast Asia to the right. Taiwan and Japan's a bit north of it.
Since most'f ya guys dun know much bout my fatherland, I'll take this time to tell ya bit more bout it. It's a melting pot of cultures, predominantly of the Malay race (but not Malaysian. there's a difference), but you can see on the features of the people the various ethnological influences that have intermixed into the country's gene pool (from Chinese, to Spanish, to Arab and Aryan, to the beautiful features of the more indigenous members of the population). The country hosts a wide variety of indigenous tribes, with a rich cultural heritage predating the arrival of the Spanish colonizers by hundreds of years. Actually, the very thought of a Filipino Culture is something very much exotic to both East and West, since it is an oftentimes rich and colorful (though sometimes uneasy) combination of both. One can see these at the various socio-cultural festivities and events that pepper the country's calendar. It's rather sad, though, that commercialism as well as a global market-oriented mentality have reduced these rich traditions and customs' influences and displays to mere sideshows, even before other people from outside the country (foreigners) have gotten to know them. I actually would want to make Filipino-related decks (Tarot of Philippine Feasts, Tarot of Philippine dances, the Manila Tarot, the Philippine Centennial Tarot, Tarot of Philippine Deities, etc) but, sadly, I do not have the depth of aesthetic skill, as well as the proper socio-cultural training and grounding to embark on such. Well, that is, as of the moment, anyway. I still do intend to get one of them Philippine deck titles I mentioned out of the drawin board, and into my own shufflin hands.
Now, why is this important?! LOL. Well, I guess I feel that somehow my audience (that is you, dear reader) has to know where I am coming from, my
socio-cultural background, to better understand (and hopefully, appreciate) my work (why some things are so, why these socio-cultural forms are present in my work, etc).
- Live and work in Manila - Philippines
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