Tropical Waystations: A Poetry–Tarot Workshop

Tarot began as a game of tricks and evolved into a form of fortune-telling. In all its iterations, from the Dark Ages to the compact oracle decks you grab on your way out of a retail store, it is a form of connection and communication. Do you seek solace in cups, wands, or the blazing lantern of the Hermit? 

How do we use tarot—as mirrors, as party favors, as strange little pieces of stylistic and literary wonder—to create meaning or reflect the complexity of our mind, body, and soul? How might we choose to have indirect conversations, to truth tell through image or verse? 

In this workshop, we will read for inspiration, discuss form and function, write poetry, and illustrate a tarot card inspired by our poems.

The path through tarot is one of self-directed design, of shining a light on your destiny, and of choosing, creating, or facing personal challenges. We will reflect on: beginnings, endings, transitions—contradictions, conversations, symbolism and metaphors as emotional truth; or the varied and storied images featured across tarot card decks. This workshop will set into motion the creation of an O, Miami tarot, a collective expression of us and South Florida, our tropical waystation. 

Sessions take place on Thursdays from 6:30am- 8:30pm on the following dates:

• February 5
• February 12
• February 19
• February 26
• March 5 (final reading)

This workshop is for adults of all writing levels interested in the intersection of poetry and tarot.  Materials provided.

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