Postmodernism has already swept all the major artistic disciplines: art, architecture, literature, dance and music. Brian Williams offers a postmodern twist to the tarot. Each card of the Minor Arcana has been inspired by a modern artwork, while the traditional suits of the Minor Arcana (staves, cups, coins and swords) are transformed into TVs, bottles, guns and money-icons with meaning for 21st-century readers. Among the 22 cards of the major Arcana, the traditional, Jester-like Fool has become a trendy idiot, the Magician has become a scientific expert and the Empress and Emperor have become Mum and Dad. A companion guidebook is included.
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A spectacularly innovative, stunningly packaged new tarot unlike any existing deck--witty, ironic, and wry, The Po Mo Tarot brings to the tarot a unique contemporary sensibility based on images of modern art.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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pomo tarot... a fun, hip deck!,
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This review is from: The Pomo Tarot: A Postmodern Deck for Navigating the Next Millennium (Paperback)
I really liked this deck and book. Can be used as a serious reading deck, but it's all postmodern-like! ;> Perfect for readings with cynical, hipster friends.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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This was once my favorite deck.,
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This review is from: The Pomo Tarot: A Postmodern Deck for Navigating the Next Millennium (Paperback)
Unfortunately, that was back when I had basically given up trying to understand the traditional tarot, and this system came along. The PoMo deck almost isn't tarot in the traditional sense -- a lot of the original symbolism is removed for more faithful reproduction of the artwork Williams wants to feature.It's an excellent introduction to PostModern art and art criticsm, and a way to see that there are many different ways of interpreting the tarot. I found that once I was able to learn more traditional tarot through the "keyword" system, though, PoMo made almost no sense at all -- it's its own little universe. The cards, btw, are both huge and flimsy: not the best combination. However, I like the art style and plan to keep my deck for its own sake.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Entertaing but don't expect to do readings with it,
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This review is from: The Pomo Tarot: A Postmodern Deck for Navigating the Next Millennium (Paperback)
An extraordinarily pretty, inventive, and entertaining deck. But it's not for doing readings. Worth owning though.
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