Hopping into the brainstorming. My idea is a bit left-field from the thread but I'm just throwing it out there so long as we're still doing idea generation and not narrowing things down. This'll probably also tie into my pending reply in the "What makes a good oracle deck" thread so I'll link it
here once I do that. (
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(The quoted is from Stronglove's thread showcasing examples of indie oracle decks in the main COT oracle sub-forum. I didn't want to derail it so I came here, it seemed the more appropriate place)
stronglove wrote: ↑02 May 2020, 15:34
Papageno wrote: ↑01 May 2020, 18:36
Abigail wrote: ↑01 May 2020, 15:25
For example, for the butterfly, the author puts the keyword "travel".
For me, the meaning of the butterfly is "transformation". So I would simply see more as the keyword "butterfly" on the card and the author's interpretation in a LWB (or here on a card).
[...] All image interpretations are very subjective according to each person.
Cultural and spiritual beliefs are important considerations.
For instance, the Owl.[...]
wow, this is so interesting! i think you are raising a very important issue. and a complex one as well, because as an artist, i create my images with at least a keyword in mind, and i think, if we want to create a ‘coherent’/ cohesive oracle deck we probably need a kind of keyword ‘system’ or theme to get us started. but i think it would be a really good idea to let the printed images speak for themselves, by giving the cards numbers and providing a kind of companion book where the artist can explain the keyword and underlying ideas that inspired the creation of the image.
This made me think of how it could be interesting to do it as a number-themed thing. Basically the number could help you find meanings in the book, but it'd be somehow also be numerologically themed. It could be somewhat more universal.
Then again, number meanings can also have different connotations depending on culture. Also there wouldn't be that many cards then. Unless we did multiple meanings (through images / vibes).
So we could have, idk, 3-5 cards for each number. The prompts given for each card in 1 could be like
* One as Loner/ Isolation
* One as Iconoclast / Unique
* One as Trailblazer / Independent / Leader
* One as Cosmic Unity
* One as ....idk something else. alternative meaning from another culture on the number? actual math-y number?? history of number aesthetically expressed?? like the pre-curser to arabic numerals?? idk. lol.
Not something we hold too firmly to, just a jumping off point for our own personal imaginations to explore and express.
Maybe we could have a general idea, like Negative One, Positive One, Cosmic / Spiritual One, Personality One, something else. That way people wouldn't overlap with each other tooo much. Or it could be like a random modge-hodge-podge of 5 people expressing their ideas of a number and it's just good fun random-ness.
Then also the number could be woven into the actual card without it being a title or obtrusive. That could be challenging depending on the person's art medium though, now that I think about it. And I'm not sure how we'd find it in the guidebook (go to chapter for One, look at the 5 descriptions of One....maybe it'd be obvious depending on what themes we choose, or it could be by border color, but......).
I think I'm imagining something like the Inner Compass oracle (it's a deck I've wanted for a while) and the Lunar Nomad oracle just a bit. Something cute and fun and collage-esque as a vibe. Not literally collage, but multi-artist decks are pretty inherently collage-y.
I feel like working that theme should be emphasized, I think. What's inherently collage-y? Something we all experience. Numbers, emotions, food, sOCIETY, the sky - you know? What makes SENSE to see expressed in a collage-y way?? Where there are multiple different perspectives of universal themes, things, and ideas, maybe even throughout time. It doesn't have to be so literal as my idea, but something so it's consistent from core outwards.
haha, alright
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