As I write this, I am still trying to figure out what to say. How do you introduce a project that's been on your mind (and on and off your drawing board) for at least a decade? Contrary to what some might believe, projects like that don't find you fully formed; like many things of this nature, it starts as nothing more than a few loose sketches and some interesting brush strokes, a sense that this could be more than just a personal project, and, as such, it hibernated in a drawer. And as many times as I've put it down to give it a rest, something would remind me that it is waiting to be finished.
The small art forms have always been my creative escape and a way to counterbalance my measured and goal-oriented career as a graphic designer. As the years went by, I started to think that I could marry those two and create a useful and beautiful object.
So now that I am on the threshold of introducing this oracle deck, I need to say one very important thing. As work progressed, I realised that I want to set it out into the world without any expectations or rules — in essence, I want to set it free. I find that working with any type of cards is a deeply personal and intimate practice that should be unbound by rules, arbitrary meanings or the burden of providing prophecy. For all intents and purposes, this is all up to you. If you like it as a design object, an intuition training tool, or you just want to burn it, I am fine with that.
I have been pushing this very moment of introduction to the world for a long time, constantly questioning if it is it, but as they say, no time like the present. So what you will see below this text is a preview of what, in the next few months, should take the shape of an oracle deck. I am not sure how many cards it will contain or which symbols will be included because I am letting the inspiration take it where it may.