I finally published my Napoleonic Tarot deck and it's finally online to purchase!✨️
I first designed and drew this deck at Illustration school. I also discovered the Tarot cards' meaning in general just then. If you apply any theme to it, the Major Arcana may build a full tale about it. An eventful life such as Napoleon's can't not be quite fitting!
Came home after seeing Marat/Sade last night and stayed up until 2 am to do a thing~
Meant to be read as a duet of sorts?
I loved the play but the portrayal of Simonne Évrard bothered me a bit. I wanted to give her more voice and also contrast her perspective with Charlotte's, kind of like Marat's was contrasted with Sade's in the original play.
It doesn't 100 % fit with the historical facts (even though knife hidden in the dress and Charlotte reading Voltaire actually does!) but hey, let's call it a poetic license.
(also side note, let's all collectively suspend our understanding of French pronunciation and pretend that Diderot/God rhymes, at least a bit)
I know it's been a long time since I've been here. I'm doing my best to come back, but in the meantime I'll leave you with a video I've prepared especially for this occasion - Marat's birthday. This is a short compilation of clips showing some of Jean-Paul's portrayals in the media. And yes, I chose this song! All the clips that appear in the video can be seen in full here.
“The play follows the story of Georges Danton, a leader of the French Revolution, during the lull between the first and second terrors. Georges Danton created the office of the Revolutionary Tribunal as a strong arm for the Revolutionary Government. With this, to be accused of anything real or imagined was to be condemned to death without trial, proofs, evidence or witnesses. Within months he knew this power was a terrible mistake and fought to have it ended. Robespierre stopped him and used the Tribunal to have Danton and all opposition killed, consolidate his power and slaughter uncounted thousands of French men, women, and children. Ultimately he followed Danton to the guillotine. Witnesses describe Danton as dying bravely comforting other innocents executed with him.“
[a box containing completely normal and ordinary brownies is delivered to the committee's doorstep. Please don't step on it.]
Everyone enjoyed them wholeheartedly, but when I came back after my lunch break there was quite a scene:
-Citizen Barère is reciting some poetry that I believe he made up on the spot. I think it's about grass?
-Citizen Billaud-Varenne is trying to braid Citizen Collot d'Herbois's hair.
-Citizen Collot d'Herbois is at least half-asleep.
-Citizen Couthon is doodling rabbits on the back of a draft decree.
-Citizen Jeanbon is mumbling about Protestant theology.
-Citizen Lindet is trying to engage him in a debate by recounting his time as a constitutional bishop, complete with dramatic gestures. He nearly tripped over a chair.
-Citizen Prieur-de-la-Marne is lying on the floor and snoring loudly.
-Citizen Hérault de Séchelles is laughing hysterically while pointing out all the spelling errors his colleagues have made on the new draft of the Constitution.
-Citizen Prieur-Duvernois is talking about non-Newtonian physics again. And something about ghosts.
-Citizen Saint-Just has been sitting very still and staring into space for a long while. At one point, he quietly murmured 'if Plato isn't right I'm killing myself'. He hasn't spoken since.
-Citizen Robespierre keeps asking if we can please open the window to let the pigeons come inside. (Our new meeting room does not have a window.)
I had a weird asf dream where Marat was strong as hell and picked me up and also picked up Robespierre at the same time, and then Robespierre fell down the stairs and fucking died, then we held a funeral for him and a monarchist came to the funeral to shit talk Robespierre's coffin, and I told him to fuck off and he fell to the ground and left.