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Irreverent Tarot 10

IRREVERENT TAROT 10 – Etteilla and Gender Essentialism Pride Month has me thinking about the ways that gender is encoded in the tarot cards in so many different ways. Looking at the Grimaud Etteilla here in Dundee, rather than Lo Scarabeo’s in Hudson. Fascinating that the booklet retains some artefacts from the past and dispenses... Read More

Gothic: Black Magic by Marjorie Bowen

BLACK MAGIC (1909) Marjorie Bowen ‘I do not sin,’ he smiled. ‘I am Sin.’ I started this over at Internet Archive after seeing that Penguin would be republishing it as part of their ‘Weird Girls’ [yes, girls] series with funky faux psychedelic covers. At first I thought they looked kind of fun but the more... Read More

Play Reading: BELL

This special HVWG event will be a live, “radio play” style performance of two plays written by local playwrights. This live performance will not include any sets, costumes, or frills – just actors on stage, reading the parts, breathing life into our playwrights’ words. The first play, “Bell” is a short, humorous, single-scene play written... Read More

Review: The Get Off – Christa Faust

The thriller killer trilogy ends with The Get Off. Angel Dare’s adventures began with Money Shot and continued with Choke Hold, the latter I read on a train ride in Finland and was so captivated with its breakneck pace that I immediately read it again. It’s hard to believe that Christa Faust can get even... Read More

Review: The Lady and the Beast – Deja Whitehouse

When I visited the Tarot exhibit at the Warburg Institute, one of the joys was to see Frieda Harris’ original art for the Thoth deck. Probably second only to the Smith-Waite deck in popularity amongst English decks, the Thoth deck art doesn’t really get much of an outing. There are different reasons given for this–preservation... Read More

Irreverent #Tarot 9: Judith, Alice & Leonora

Episode Nine: how my mind flits from one thing to another down rabbit holes and here’s to the powers of miscommunication (and yet we made much of it, didn’t we, Stephanie!), Alice and Lewis — and Leonora — and Tenniel, but not the captain. Or the usual chaos from me. Oh, and Artemesia Gentilesci! And... Read More

Leonor Fini @ Nagas

Leonor Fini: Small Faces is at Nagas Gallery through May 24th and it’s a great opportunity to see some of Fini’s delicate work up close in an intimate environment. It is important to know that the gallery is on the second floor facing the street and you need to buzz the (at the time) unmarked... Read More

Irreverent #Tarot 8: The Fool

Episode 8: Mostly the Fool card. Some quick thoughts with a few different examples and why it seems to permeate life at present. The Fool steps into the abyss: foolish or hopeful? Is the Fool deranged or just using that as a disguise? The Jester v The Vagabond–or are they all just disguises? Almost everybody... Read More

Vanessa German @ Kasmin

I have much to share from yesterday’s brief jaunt to the city but from the last trip I have not yet shared these amazing images from the Kasmin Gallery where the Vanessa German show ends TODAY. For this last day the artist will be there to commune with the works and with whoever comes so... Read More

Kickstart Your Muse Workshop

Are you a writer who needs some helping getting your writing going again? Or have you always longed to write because you know you have some stories in you–but didn’t know how to get started? Wherever you are on the writing journey, this is the workshop for you! All genres and topics welcome. Writing is... Read More