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Tarot Randomizer, Day Four.

Posted by John on March 20th, 2010 at 6:53 am · 13 Comments

Welcome to Day Four (of Seven) of the Tarot Randomizer Group Creativity Experiment!

There’s a lot of work coming in, so thanks to everyone for submitting via the comments and the twitter #MoFcGe hashtag. It’s easy to transpose letters with the hashtag, so you may want to double check. I’m spending about two to three hours a day doing the prompts and curating the galleries, so your cooperation makes everything much more manageable. And if I miss something, please forgive me and do let me know. Sarah, I understand why you have to submit via email, and please feel free to keep doing so–I don’t want to miss out on your music!

Again, I’m very grateful for Galen’s help maintaining the #MoFcGe channel on twitter. If you’re not following her, get on it!

If you just came across this experiment and wonder what it’s all about, please read the invitation and see this for the very simple rules: the first draw. You are more than welcome to join us for the remaining days.

You can also check out the galleries of works submitted in response to previously drawn cards:

Here’s the video for today’s draw:

I explain a bit more in the video, but this is essentially a Lovecraft-themed deck, which explains why this Devil may look familiar:

Devil

Between Cthulhu, the Christian Devil, and all the temptation/materialist/bondage symbolism tied to this card, I’m going to have a hard time deciding where to take this prompt.

Good luck and have a great Saturday!

Tags: Art · Creativity.

13 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Rich // Mar 20, 2010 at 9:11 am

    “Why should I fret in microcosmic bonds, that chafe the spirit, and the mind repress, when through the clouds gleam beckoning beyonds, whose shining vistas mock man’s littleness?”
    - H. P. Lovecraft

    Got my brain going today — I’ll have to make time for this one!

  • 2 kuri // Mar 20, 2010 at 9:56 am

    Submitted for your approval, a comic haiku.

  • 3 G // Mar 20, 2010 at 2:30 pm

    maybe tmi, but my submission for The Devil is a few excerpts from my journal.

  • 4 Sandra Wickham // Mar 20, 2010 at 4:21 pm

    I intended to do something dark, symbolic and anti-materialistic, but then, this happened.

    http://sandrawickham.wordpress.com/

  • 5 Elaine // Mar 20, 2010 at 5:34 pm

    Okay. My contribution to today’s festivities is up on my blog. Sorry it’s late today, but I had some Saturday things to do, like putting a new rear-view mirror on my car (with help from my roommate) and spending some time knitting.

    Today’s piece is a short story, but I’m not sure exactly what it is.

    Elaine

  • 6 G // Mar 20, 2010 at 7:39 pm

    I just wrote a second submission for this card (because it had been on my mind anyways). Another personal narrative.

  • 7 Erin G. // Mar 20, 2010 at 7:53 pm

    Erggggggggg.

    I got this in with SEVEN minutes to spare!

    http://pursuedbyabear.typepad.com/actressnyc/2010/03/testimony.html

    at 11:53pm

    :P

  • 8 John // Mar 20, 2010 at 8:53 pm

    Here’s mine:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/mindonfire/4449930752/

    Apologies for the delay in getting the gallery up–my plan is to get two of them posted tomorrow.

    Keep ‘em coming folks! Only three more days left! :D

  • 9 Rich // Mar 21, 2010 at 6:20 am

    So this is late, and it’s not new (I wrote this years ago when battling some inner demons), so it seems somewhat relevant), and I was trapped in a political discussion with a friend for 5 hours yesterday until late (that’s my excuse!). Anyway, I don’t really have a title for this poem…


    We, with pride, frustrations
    slide
    Passion rides logic to oblivion,
    chaotic din,
    sin
    Joy defined with rushes, sighs,
    potions, thighs –
    Carefree slaves chained to wretched graves,
    rotting.

    Light, the darkness rends
    Nighted eyes with pain to shadowed corners sends
    As we, (uncalloused few),
    Despairing of the night
    Strain
    To get a better view.

  • 10 Sarah // Mar 21, 2010 at 9:28 am

    I’m afraid I didn’t have time to record yesterday, so I’ll direct you instead to one of my favorite devilish pieces by Astor Piazzola:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JCthIvlCXA

  • 11 David K // Mar 21, 2010 at 9:38 am

    A bit tardy, but:

    http://mineowndeformity.blogspot.com/2010/03/tarot-creativity-challenge-day-4.html

  • 12 Danielle // Mar 21, 2010 at 10:01 am

    I am both late and lazy, but the Ambrose Bierce definition I include is worth the wait.

    http://tonguesintrees.blogspot.com/2010/03/pastiche-of-devilish-things-shamelessy.html

  • 13 Devil Gallery for Days Four. | Mind on Fire // Mar 23, 2010 at 11:35 am

    [...] old poem: Light, the darkness rends Nighted eyes with pain to shadowed corners sends As we, (uncalloused [...]

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