THE RÊVERIE ORACLE DECK IS MY WHIMSICAL CAJUN BELLE VERSION OF LE PETIT JEU.
THIS MYSTICAL GAME OF HOPE IS AS OLD AS THE TRADITIONAL DECK
OF NUMBERED PLAYING CARDS FROM THE 14TH CENTURY.
THESE ILLUSTRIOUS ORACLE CARDS WERE ORIGINALLY NAMED AFTER
THE FAMOUS 18TH CENTURY PARISIAN SALON CARTOMANCER,
MARIE-ANNE ADELAIDE LENORMAND
OR MADAME LENORMAND.
THEY CAN BE USED FOR LIGHT-HEARTED GUIDANCE
WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER ANY LITTLE MYSTERY IN LIFE.
IN THIS POST, DISCOVER MY INSPIRATION BEHIND CARDS 25-30.
CARD 25
RING/BAGUE
THE RING SIGNIFIES ANY AND ALL TYPES OF AGREEMENTS.
A COMMITMENT IS A FACTOR ,
WHETHER IT BE OF THE HEART, OR IN THE BUSINESS REALM.
A CLOSED CIRCUIT IS IN PLAY.
SOMETHING IS HONORED.
THESE RINGS WERE MADE BY MOI.
FOR ABOUT A DECADE I CREATED ACCESSORIES USING BROKEN DRUM CYMBALS..
IT WAS MY DREAM JOB.
SEEING LIVE MUSIC AND MEETING THE BAND
WAS SOMETHING I HAD BEEN DOING SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER.
COLLECTING THEIR METAL AND RECYCLING IT SEEMED
LIKE A NATURAL EXTENSION OF MY FAVORITE PASTIME.
MY FATHER WAS A DRUMMER, SO I HAD BEEN ON THE PATH MY WHOLE LIFE.
I NEVER TOOK ANY JEWELRY MAKING CLASSES.
I RECALL NOT LIKING THE JEWELRY I COULD AFFORD AT THE MALL
AS A TWEEN WITH EXPENSIVE TASTE,
SO I STARTED MAKING MY OWN.
WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, ALL MY SISTERS AND FRIENDS
WERE WEARING MY BEADED CREATIONS,
AND I WAS HOOKED.
HERE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE PIECES :
CARD 26
BOOK/LIVRE
THE BOOK SIGNIFIES INTEL.
ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE, SELF-REALIZATION, TRUTH.
A TIME OF INTENSESTUDY OR LEARNING IS HAPPENING.
SECRETS OR THE UNKNOWN MAY BE INDICATED BY THIS CARD.
THE BOOK FEATURED IN THIS CARD IS AN OLD MAP OF LOUISIANA.
I RECENTLY CHECKED A BOOK OUT FROM THE LIBRARY ABOUT JEAN LAFITTE.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT BECAME MY TEMPORARY OBSESSION.
I EVEN WROTE A SCREENPLAY LOOSELY BASED ON THIS SUBJECT.
HOPEFULLY ONE DAY IT WILL BE FINISHED.
THE BOOK LITERALLY LISTS ALL THE POTENTIAL TREASURE SITES IN EACH PARISH!
MY FAVORITE BOOKS ARE NON-FICTION THAT ARE SO WILD THEY SEEM FICTIONAL.
I LEARNED ESSENTIAL PIRATE SURVIVAL TIPS LIKE:
NEVER ACCOMPANY YOUR PIRATE FRIEND TO BURY A TREASURE-
CHANCES ARE YOU WILL BE DIGGING YOUR OWN VERY EXPENSIVE GRAVE.
MOST BURIED TREASURE HAS A BONUS BODY THROWN IN FOR HAUNTING PURPOSES!
ONCE I READ THAT, I DECIDED AGAINST BECOMING A FULL TIME TREASURE HUNTER
HAHA
BOOKS ARE AMAZING ANCIENT ANALOG TREASURES.
CARD 27
LETTER/LETTRE
THE LETTER SIGNIFIES ANY AND ALL TYPES OF COMMUNICATION.
IT REMINDS US TO BE EQUALLY AWARE OF
OBVIOUS AND SUBTLE MESSAGES AROUND US.
IT REPRESENTS ANY FORM OF EXPRESSION.
THERE'S NOTHING QUITE LIKE A HANDWRITTEN LETTER.
WRITING ONE IS OFFICIALLY A NOVEL RETRO ACT.
PEN PALLING REQUIRES EFFORT AND THOUGHT.
AND HARDEST OF ALL..
PATIENCE..
THE TRUEST OF ART FORMS ON THE EXTINCTION LIST.
TO PUT YOUR HEART INTO WORDS,
MAIL IT OFF,
ONLY TO HAVE TO WAIT DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS
FOR A RESPONSE CAN BE TORTUROUS.
THERE IS SUCH ROMANCE IN THE LONGING, THOUGH.
TO SIT WITH THE VULNERABILITY,
MAKES YOU FEEL VERY ALIVE.
THE WAY MY SCHOOL GIRL SELF CRAFTED LETTERS WAS REMARKABLE.
I TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN CREATING NEW WAYS TO ILLUSTRATE POPULAR ABBREVIATIONS,
LIKE BFF, TTYS, OR LYLAS.
WE EVEN MADE LETTER FOLDING A FUN GAME.
I RECENTLY BURNED SOME OF THE LAST WRITTEN RELICS
FROM SILLY 1980's BOYS,
AND COULD BARELY FIGURE OUT HOW TO FOLD THEM BACK
AFTER READING THEM.
I MISS THE EFFORTS WE USED TO MAKE
JUST TO COMMUNICATE.
DO YOU?
CHECK YES OR NO
CARD 28
MAN/HOMME
THE MAN SIGNIFIES PATRIARCHAL MASCULINE QUALITIES.
THE YANG ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH MALE BEHAVIOR IS SPOTLIGHTED.
THIS IS MY PATERNAL GRANDFATHER, MALCOLM, DOING WHAT HE DID BEST.
DOMINATING THE CARD TABLE.
HIS EYEBALL-ADORNED HALO SIGNIFIES ANCESTRAL EYES
THAT LOOK DOWN ON US.
HE WAS MY LAST LIVING GRANDPARENT,
AND PROBABLY HAD THE WILDEST LIFE OUT OF THEM ALL.
I HAVE STARTED A SCREENPLAY BASED ON HIS ADVENTURES, TOO.
COVID TIMES WERE NOT BORING IN MY HOUSE.
HE WAS ONE OF 8 KIDS AND WAS SIGNED UP FOR AND HONORABLY DISCHARGED
FROM THE ARMED FORCES ALL BEFORE HE WAS THE LEGAL AGE TO EVEN ENTER.
HE GOT BUSTED CLIMBING UP THE GIANT ROPES OF THE DOCKED SHIPS
AFTER SECRET BAR EXCURSIONS,
ONE TOO MANY TIMES.
YOU CAN TAKE THE CAJUN OUT OF LOUISIANA, BUT GOOD LUCK!
I AM GRATEFUL TO HIM FOR MY HARD CORE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT
AND MY CARD TABLE ETIQUETTE.
HE WAS A TRUE BADASS
AND A SNAZZY DRESSER!
MAC + JOYCE LeCOMPTE
ME, MY DAD, MAC, HIS MOTHER PEARL BROADHEAD 1977
FULL PARENTAL & GRANDPARENTAL UNIT 1976
CARD 29
WOMAN/FEMME
THE WOMAN SIGNIFIES MATRIARCHAL FEMININE QUALITIES.
NURTURING IS A STRONG TRAIT.
EMOTIONAL INTUITIVENESS AND A RECEPTIVE NATURE ARE AT PLAY.
STELLA IS MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER.
SHE GREW UP ON A HOUSE BOAT IN BAYOU BOEUF, LOUISIANA,
TRAPPING FURS WITH HER FATHER, WALLACE CHAISSON.
SHE EXPERIENCED THE GREAT FLOOD OF 1927, AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
THE WOMAN SAVED HER ICE.
AFTER SHE DRANK, SHE PUT HER CUP OF ICE BACK IN THE FREEZER.
BECAUSE OF HER, I LEARNED TO LOVE THE THRIFT HUNT
AT A YOUNG AGE.
OF ALL THE LITTLE THINGS SHE COLLECTED ,
THE HAND FANS AND MUSIC BOXES WERE ALWAYS MY FAVORITE.
GARAGE SALES AND ANTIQUE SHOPS WERE OUR WEEKLY OUTINGS.
THAT, AND PICADILLY.
SHE IS WHERE I INHERITED MY LOVE OF CELEBRATION.
SHE WAS FORCED TO RETIRE FROM SEARS
AT 65 AND WAS SO SAD.
TO HIDE HER FEELINGS, SHE SHOWED UP LIKE THIS ON HER LAST DAY.
SHE SHOWED UP LIKE THIS TO HER 80TH BIRTHDAY PARTY..
FAKE EYELASHES AND ALL.
I HAD NO IDEA WHO THIS WOMAN WAS WHEN WE PULLED UP IN THE DRIVEWAY
OR WHO INVITED HER.
SHE WAS SUPER SERIOUS MOST OF THE TIME, BUT ALSO WILDLY FUN.
IF YOU WENT TO A RESTAURANT WITH HER ANY DAY OF THE YEAR,
BE PREPARED TO SING HER HAPPY BIRTHDAY
AFTER SHE LIED TO THE WAITER TO GET FREE DESSERT.
AT HER FUNERAL, MY UNCLE, WHO INHERITED HER SENSE OF HUMOR,
CARRIED A BROWN PAPER BAG AROUND ALL MORNING.
HE REFUSED TO SHARE WHAT WAS INSIDE.
FINALLY, ON THE ALTAR, HE OPENED IT UP
AND PULLED OUT A SINGLE CUP CAKE.
HE LIT A CANDLE AND THE ENTIRE CHURCH
SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HER ONE LAST TIME.
WE ALL LAUGHED THROUGH THE FIRST HALF
BUT COULD BARELY FINISH THE SONG.
IT WAS ALWAYS EVENTFUL BEING IN HER PRESENCE.
SHE KNEW HOW TO ROCK A BABY RIGHT TO SLEEP, TOO.
BABY ROZ & STELLA MARTIN
CARD 30
LILY/LIS
THE LILY SIGNIFIES THE HARMONIOUS ENJOYMENT
OF SIGHT SMELL TASTE SOUND AND TOUCH.
A MATURE CONTENTMENT ACCOMPANIES BEING FULLY GROUNDED
YET ETHEREAL.
I USED THE LOUISIANA LOTUS FOR THE LILY CARD.
I FOUND MYSELF FIXATED ON THIS FLOWER FOR A SOLID YEAR
AFTER REALIZING THEY ACTUALLY GROW IN OUR SOUTHERN SWAMPS.
I ALWAYS ASSUMED THEY EXISTED FAR AWAY FROM ME BECAUSE
OF HOW ANCIENT THEY SEEMED.
THE MORE I LEARN ABOUT MY HOMELAND, THE MORE IT MAKES SENSE
THAT THEY WOULD THRIVE IN THIS HARSH ENVIRONMENT.
THEY REPRESENT RESILIENCE.
THEY ARE SELF-POLLINATORS.
THEY PRE-DATE BEES.
THEY WAIT FOR NOTHING TO ENSURE THEIR LINEAGE CONTINUES.
I HAVE PAINTED COUNTLESS PIECES INSPIRED BY THEIR CYCLE.
THEY RETREAT INTO THE MURKY DEPTHS EVERY NIGHT
AND RISE EACH MORNING,
ONLY TO BLOOM FOR 2-5 DAYS OUT OF THE YEAR.
GRAINE À VOLER.
FLYING SEEDS.
CAJUN POPCORN.
I MADE THIS ANIMATION AT A SOUTHERN SCREEN WORKSHOP LAST YEAR.
ACADIANA CENTER FOR THE ARTS GROUP EXHIBIT 2023
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