Monument ([info]marnanel) wrote,
@ 2008-12-26 16:58:00
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The Fool
I've had an affinity for the card called The Fool for a long time. This Christmas, Fin commissioned Joanna Barnum to paint me as the archetype, along with my late dog Jaspie:

Marnanel as The Fool, (c) Joanna Barnum 2008

© Joanna Barnum 2008. Isn't it wonderful? You should all go and look at the gallery of her other work.

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[info]bean_bunny
2008-12-26 10:07 pm UTC (link)
That's absolutely beautiful! Her gallery is in another tab and I'll visit it later. Nothing relaxes me like looking at visual art.

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[info]lovecraftienne
2008-12-26 10:47 pm UTC (link)
Gorgeous. Really beautiful work. What a gift. :)

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[info]sabotabby
2008-12-26 10:49 pm UTC (link)
That is awesome. Also, for some reason I'm reminded of Destruction from Sandman.

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[info]marnanel
2008-12-26 10:55 pm UTC (link)
Has a dog, lives on the edge of a cliff, laughs immoderately loudly...

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[info]naath
2008-12-26 11:34 pm UTC (link)
Me too... it's lovely, and it's a good likeness. I suspect I'm just stupid (or eeeegnorant of tarot, one or the other) though, because I'm not seeing the Fool connection.

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[info]firinel
2008-12-26 11:38 pm UTC (link)
the fool as commonly depicted is a man standing on the edge of a cliff, with his earthly belongings in a pouch, and a dog at his heels, daydreaming (unaware of the edge of the cliff), and holding a flower (traditionally a white rose).

http://images.google.com/images?q=%22the%20fool%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi

and also


Edited at 2008-12-26 11:42 pm UTC

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[info]trochee
2008-12-27 06:28 am UTC (link)
had the same thought, and came here to comment, only to see you beat me... and just while the page was loading I thought "I wonder if Neil G. did that on purpose" and then I read [info]marnanel's comment below pointing out all the common things they have.

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[info]freelark
2008-12-26 11:25 pm UTC (link)
An incredible gift for an incredible person.

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[info]jadegirl
2008-12-27 01:47 am UTC (link)
Oh, that is amazing. A very true likeness, and so evocative as well - it makes me happy just looking at it!

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[info]sosiouxme
2008-12-27 05:17 am UTC (link)
that's pretty amazing!

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[info]tonytraductor
2008-12-27 05:38 am UTC (link)
w0w...that's awesome.
I hate people with skill like that in watercolors.

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[info]xugglybug
2008-12-27 12:19 pm UTC (link)
I knew I recognised it, and I should have guessed from the filename (Fin sent it me last week) but somehow didn't. I feel rather silly now >.<

(Also, one of my first impressions of you was how like The Fool you were, but I didn't think you'd appreciate that, so I never said anything. Silly again...)

The painting is so good. I wish I had a talent for painting like that.

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[info]aditu
2008-12-28 04:46 am UTC (link)
Wow what a wonderful painting. She does lovely work.

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[info]junni
2009-01-02 03:23 am UTC (link)
Love it. :)

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