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