Tarot Cards Uncover Hidden Truths at Gallery Gachet
Forget fortune-telling hustlers and Halloween wannabes, if you know and use tarot cards thoroughly, you could possess the key to all knowledge. That’s what artists Bruce Ray and Diane Wood are exploring in their latest exhibit at Gallery Gachet, Tarot: Truth Beyond Understanding, opening Oct. 7 (7-10pm) at 88 E. Cordova St.
Tarot cards are seen as a tool for divination, but that is not their only use, says Diane Wood. They can bring about a revelation, self knowledge, and a release of energy that rises up from the depths of our being.
The artwork presented in the show will be keys to revelation and release. The symbolism used will attempt to provoke a truth that is not immediately understood. Self knowledge, the artists say, is the answer to mental wellness. Mental illness is such a destruction, but it is simply a term referring to changes in the self and the trauma that it entails. These themes are especially relevant to Gallery Gachet, an artist run centre run by and for mental health consumers.
Bruce Ray has designed his own personal deck of Soul Cards to unearth a hidden potential, while Diane Wood’s tarot-inspired paintings incorporate the Native North and Central American medicine wheel and the old ways of European Wiccan tradition.
In conjunction with the show, David-Sky Marchant will also present a weekend workshop Oct 15+16, free to the public, to create a contemporary set of tarot cards relevant to the Downtown Eastside community.
Tarot cards began as a card game in Renaissance Italy in the 1400s. Tarot honours a deeper knowledge and intuition over the obvious material world. They provide entry points to a spiritual journey and keys to the laws of nature, both seen and unseen. The experienced users tap into magic, astrology, pagan and Christian deities, angels, and demons as a means of discovering a secret, hidden truth. The Tarot changes every time we pick it up because we can shuffle the deck and create a new interpretation every time we lay the cards down, just as we create a new day every time we wake up.
Tarot: Truth Beyond Understanding is featured in Gallery I at Gallery Gachet from Oct. 7 ? 30, 2005. In Gallery II, visit Out of the Box, a group show presented by Mind’s Eye, a mental health and disability group from North Vancouver. For more information, stop by the gallery Wed-Sun, Noon-6pm, call 604-687-2468
TAROT: A truth beyond understanding
Tarot Cards Uncover Hidden Truths at Gallery Gachet
Forget fortune-telling hustlers and Halloween wannabes, if you know and use tarot cards thoroughly, you could possess the key to all knowledge. That’s what artists Bruce Ray and Diane Wood are exploring in their latest exhibit at Gallery Gachet, Tarot: Truth Beyond Understanding, opening Oct. 7 (7-10pm) at 88 E. Cordova St.
Tarot cards are seen as a tool for divination, but that is not their only use, says Diane Wood. They can bring about a revelation, self knowledge, and a release of energy that rises up from the depths of our being.
The artwork presented in the show will be keys to revelation and release. The symbolism used will attempt to provoke a truth that is not immediately understood. Self knowledge, the artists say, is the answer to mental wellness. Mental illness is such a destruction, but it is simply a term referring to changes in the self and the trauma that it entails. These themes are especially relevant to Gallery Gachet, an artist run centre run by and for mental health consumers.
Bruce Ray has designed his own personal deck of Soul Cards to unearth a hidden potential, while Diane Wood’s tarot-inspired paintings incorporate the Native North and Central American medicine wheel and the old ways of European Wiccan tradition.
In conjunction with the show, David-Sky Marchant will also present a weekend workshop Oct 15+16, free to the public, to create a contemporary set of tarot cards relevant to the Downtown Eastside community.
Tarot cards began as a card game in Renaissance Italy in the 1400s. Tarot honours a deeper knowledge and intuition over the obvious material world. They provide entry points to a spiritual journey and keys to the laws of nature, both seen and unseen. The experienced users tap into magic, astrology, pagan and Christian deities, angels, and demons as a means of discovering a secret, hidden truth. The Tarot changes every time we pick it up because we can shuffle the deck and create a new interpretation every time we lay the cards down, just as we create a new day every time we wake up.
Tarot: Truth Beyond Understanding is featured in Gallery I at Gallery Gachet from Oct. 7 ? 30, 2005. In Gallery II, visit Out of the Box, a group show presented by Mind’s Eye, a mental health and disability group from North Vancouver. For more information, stop by the gallery Wed-Sun, Noon-6pm, call 604-687-2468