Scholarly, visual and quietly curious

The Parot

Observation before interpretation.

The Parot is a quiet research project studying the Rider Waite Smith deck through Pix, Pam, Arthur, Rider, Order and Tarot.

Begin inside
Early tarot cards on a research table, magnifying glass, sketchbook, pencils, notes, museum atmosphere, no mystical cliches.
Early tarot cards on a research table, magnifying glass, sketchbook, pencils, notes, museum atmosphere, no mystical cliches.

The reordered table

Pix, Pam, Arthur, Rider, Order, Tarot.

Pix, Pam, Arthur, Rider, Order, Tarot. The acronym is a tool for looking again at familiar images without rushing to inherited meanings.

Slow evidence

The project keeps close to cards, printed details, costume, posture, gesture and sequence.

The project keeps close to cards, printed details, costume, posture, gesture and sequence. Interpretation arrives only after looking has done its work.

Rooms

Three ways in

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Image into Meaning

How a printed picture begins to speak.

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Card Studies

Close readings of single cards and small groups.

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Towards Tarot of London

A route from observation into a new deck.