Surprise reading at ivallan’s book! Friend of the shop Jessica Friedmann will be doing a reading and signing of her book on Tarot this Thursday 24/4)! Come by for drinks from 19.00, reading and singing from 19.30 About the book: Twenty-Two Impressions notes from the Major Arcana - https://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/twenty-two-impressions-9781922310972 A poetic new essay collection in which the symbols of the tarot brush up against life in a changing world. The Tarot de Marseille is a 16th-century set of playing cards, the deck on which the occult use of tarot was originally based. When Jessica Friedmann bought her first pack, the unfamiliar images sparked a deep immersion in the art, symbols, myths, and misrepresentations of Renaissance-era tarot. Over the years that followed, and as tarot became a part of her daily rhythm, Friedmann’s life was touched by floods and by drought, by devastating fires and a pandemic, creating an environment in which the only constant was change. Twenty-Two Impressions: notes from the Major Arcana uses the Tarot de Marseille as a touchstone, blending historical research, art history, and critical insights with personal reflections. In these essays, Friedmann demonstrates how the cards of the Major Arcana can be used as a lens through which to examine the unexpectedness — and subtle beauty — of 21st-century life. About the author: @jessica_friedmann