In the darkness with the Devil at his back, the Fool tried to find his way. It was dark in front of him and just the large looming silhouette of the Devil at the mouth of the cave stood behind him. Forward into the unknown was just slightly less scary than going back to that […]
There was a long line of subjects awaiting the Emperor’s audience. A man who wore rouge on his cheeks and long pointy hat that hung to the dirt bowed deeply as he stood before the throne in the canyon. I am honored to be in your presence, my liege, the man said doffing his hat […]
The Fool stood in the tilled earth among the body parts that were being sowed by the Nameless One. He looked out in the distance and saw a stone church sitting at the edge of the field. The Fool decided to make his way over there. The soil was deep and his feet sunk into […]
In the tiled room at the feet of the Priestess, the Fool became anxious. He knows he is at the beginning of a long arduous journey. The room is vast and infinite, it is also full of mystery. The black and white tiles spread out to the horizon line. He has decided that it is […]
Strength led the Fool back to the inside of the spit that curled out into the open ocean like a long thin finger. They clambered over the piles of driftwood that littered the middle of the sand bar towards the estuary on the other side. A steady rain fell on them making the wood slippery. […]
Here are the Pentacles. The Two of Pentacles also reveals my name for the deck, the Infinite Fool. I chose the name because it sounds like the David Foster Wallace novel, Infinite Jest, but it also captures the cyclical nature of the Fool’s journey. I also used the cherries as my symbol for this card […]
Standing in the rough sea was a King. He held in his hand a silver cup and in his other hand a Talmud. The waves lapped at him but he didn’t seem to mind the crashing surf. He was the master of his watery domain. The Fool was on a small boat that rocked violently […]
The Fool found himself at the feet of a Queen in a bricked room covered in hieroglyphics. She wears a fine tunic, a golden crown with the head of an eagle swooping out from the brow. She is beautiful and she wears heavy make up. She holds a gold cup and at her side is […]