20172102_GLR CARDS E_BOOK

THE STAR
JOURNEY / CARD NUMBER 17
The GLR STAR card is that, logically, of the Parisian Place de l’Etoile (“étoile”
means “star”), at the top of the Champs-Elysées. On this Place one can see the Arc
de Triomphe, as in the card. The original collage is named “Triumph” after the arc. I
chose this name long after I made the collage as a result of that which this collage
meant to me. The traditional trump card of the STAR is the card of liberation,
revelation, and imagination. “Triumph” is the first collage that I made. It definitely
represents all that for me now. The GLR STAR card is also the card of the artist. The
artists know of liberation, revelation, and imagination. The GLR STAR card can be
the card of vocation andcalling.
Historically, the STAR card was linked to that of the MOON (Number 18) and that
of the SUN (Number 19) as astrological representations. The birth of Tarot cards is
interestingly situated between late medieval times and early Renaissance. The
astrological representations belong to the latter both artistically and religiously as
an emancipation of traditional Catholic images. Just like the North Italian families
fought traditions, the GLR STAR card is iconoclast. It exhibits three naked women,
three apparently immovable manikins wrapped with ribbon and wearing Breton
hats, yet moved to the top of the Arc of Triumph and of a Parisian building which
seems to dominate the Arc itself. At a distance, the Eiffel Tower is no longer a
phallic symbol but like the fourth sister of the “Three Graces” as indicated on the
street lamproad sign.
Surely traditional representations are disturbed on the GLR STAR card. Yet the eye
instantly catches the inner balance of the composition. Pure imagination, liberation,
and revelation have got room in consciousness. Do you give enough credence to
your imagination? Followyour luckystar.
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