Two of Wands. He holds the world in one hand, the staff in the other. Already won, already bored. The question isn't whether you can — it's if you want to.
3 years, human hands, AI kindling. Each piece takes 10+ hrs
🎴 #2024nts/#2024/wands-2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2024/wands-2
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#tarot #paints

Ace of Wands. Hand offers fire. Don't ask where it came from. This is the spark before the project, the idea before the plan. Raw want. Take it or watch it pass.

3 years, human hands, AI kindling. Each piece takes 10+ hrs
🎴 #2024nts/#2024/wands-1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2024/wands-1
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#tarot #illus

- 20. Judgement —
The trumpet sounds. The dead rise from waiting. The ruins in the distance don't move. Everything else does. This card's about finally answering what's been calling you.
🎴 See the full card: #2023nts/#2023/majarc-20-judgement" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/majarc-20-judgement

- 19. The Sun —
The smilin' baby rides on a white horse. No saddle needed. The sunflowers turn toward what's obvious. Everything is bright enough to see and warm enough to grow. The clarity that costs nothing to receive.
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot

- 18. The Moon —
The path is there but nothing looks right. The moon lights with shadows, making the familiar strange. Note the dragon, everything shifts. Trusting what you sense when you can't trust what you see. Hand-illustrated.
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot

- 17. The Star —
After the Tower, this. Naked and calm, pouring water onto land and back into the pool. Nothing hoarded. Nothing gained because nothing's needed. The stars aren't distant, rather they're listening.
🎴 See the full card: #2023nts/#2023/majarc-17-star" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/majarc-17-star

- 16. The Tower —
Lightning hits. I picked two towers thanks to NY. Anyway bodies fall. This isn't punishment. It's revelation. The tower's built on what can't hold. Now everyone knows. The fire isn't the tragedy. The lie was.
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot

- 15. The Devil —
The chains are loose. Look closer. They could lift them off anytime. The mouthed-beast on the throne isn't holding anyone there. It's addiction. Flesh winning.
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot

- 12. The Hanged Man —
The rope is around his ankle, not his neck. His face isn't panicked. It's patient. The halo means something clicked. But he's stripped and cleaned. Hand-illustrated over 3 years.
🎴 See the full card: #2023nts/#2023/majarc-12-hanged-man" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/majarc-12-hanged-man

- 9. The Hermit —
Alone on the mountain. The lantern holds a star. He's not lost. He left. This isn't exile. It's research.🎴 See the full card: #2023nts/#2023/majarc-9-hermit" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/majarc-9-hermit
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot

- 8. Strength —
Normally a lion I put in a shark. No chains, no weapons, no armor. Just hands and hot air whatever is passing between them. This card is about the kind of strength that doesn't need to prove anything.
Hand-illustrated over 3 years.

- 7. The Chariot —
Two steeds, one black, one white. They want different things. The driver knows force won't work here. The land is behind. He's already left. 🎴 See the full card: #2023nts/#2023/majarc-7-chariot" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/majarc-7-chariot
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot

- 6. The Lovers —
Two figures. One angel. A choice that looks like love but isn't only that. It's about the choices that split your life into before and after. 🎴 See the full card: #2023nts/#2023/majarc-6-lovers" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/majarc-6-lovers
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot

- 5. The Hierophant —
Two fingers up, two down (I had a hard time with this one). Pillars behind enshrine something, but he's not welcoming you in for tea. 🎴 See the full card: #2023nts/#2023/majarc-5-hierophant" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/majarc-5-hierophant
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot

- 4. The Emperor —
Stone throne. Stone face. The rams on his armrests aren't decoration. They're a warning. The Emperor built the walls that keep things out. 🎴 See the full card: #2023nts/#2023/majarc-4-emperor" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/majarc-4-emperor
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot

- 3. The Empress —
Abundance everywhere. Wheat at her feet, stars in her crown, a child in her belly or not.
🎴 See the full card: #2023nts/#2023/majarc-3-empress" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/majarc-3-empress
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot
🎵 Music: @its.ffiiaa

- 2. The High Priestess —
She sits between two pillars. One black, one white. She's not choosing. She's the threshold itself. 🎴 See the full card: #2023nts/#2023/majarc-2-priestess" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/majarc-2-priestess
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot
🎵 Music: @its.ffiiaa

- 1. The Magician —
One hand up, one hand down. As above, so below. On the table: wand, cup, coin (I replaced the sword with the flame).
🎴 See the full card: #2023nts/#2023/majarc-1-magician" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/majarc-1-magician
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot

- 0. The Fool —
The Fool steps off the cliff. Not falling. This is the card before the story starts, when everything is possible.
🎴 See the full card: #2023nts/#2023/majarc-0-fool" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/majarc-0-fool
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot
🎵 Music: @its.ffiiaa

Tarot cards I’ve been working on. 3
Yrs now. Almost ready.

Hysterical* cultural trends of, um, today.

7, 8 and 9 of wands

Caprastique !

I’ve been going through the same phase. Started image prompting with my own watercolors or pens etc (or —sref’ing, either end of the prompt) and looking for ways to more directly insert my own work into the process. Helped! 😈

This DOGE cage-rattling is exposing NASA's true core. 💛🤯 Here's words I heard around the office this week.

"We eat chaos for breakfast."
"Let's show what we're made of."
"Our job is to map wicked spaces. We live here."
"We will get through this together."
And, "NASA is not Twitter."

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