"for the love of opulence" taurus print

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In my rendering of Taurus, the focal point is Venusian energy. To embody the second sign of the zodiac, I reconstructed the empress card. I included details from the original Rider -Waite-Smith depiction like the sheaths of wheat which symbolize abundance, fertility, and spiritual nourishment. Taurus rules the bull whose image is featured in the background, emulating "Le Taureau" by Pablo Picasso and Fernand Mourlot. The color palette is varying shades of green to represent Taurus' nature as an earth sign, grounded by connection to plant. The Empress wears a less traditional flower crown and their reproductive region is covered by a cannabis leaf. Cannabis has been used for millennia to treat a plethora of health issues including depression which I have been diagnosed with since I was about thirteen years old. This piece is also an eulogy for who I was when I used marijuana to self-medicate. From the age of nineteen to twenty two, I was high virtually everyday. I numbed out reality for three almost four years straight. I’m grateful for plant medicine, but my love affair with Mary Jane was a dependency that I outgrew. Creating art enabled my arduous yet healing journey to sobriety (California sober, but still). Dimensions: 5" by 7" Material: Standard 14pt matte cardstock Show more