Ace of Hearts: Harbinger of Empire ©
“A writing may be lost; a lie may be written; but what the eye has seen is truth and remains in the mind!”
~ Joseph Conrad
Ace of Clubs: Broken Blossoms ©
"Engaging in samsaric pleasures is to lick honey from the razor's edge." ~ Buddhist text.
Ace of Spades: The Fishwives ©
“A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.” ~ Marie Louise de la Ramée
Jack of Clubs: Absinthe Drinker ©
"O for a life of sensations rather than of thoughts!" ~ John Keats
Jack of Hearts: Lothario ©
"Pleasure is oft a visitant; but pain clings cruelly to us." ~ John Keats
Jack of Spades: Death's Diplomat ©
"Alas how terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the wise." ~ Sophocles
Jack of Diamonds: Red Narcissus ©
"Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt." ~ Benjamin Franklin
King of Clubs: The Freemason ©
"Morality is herd instinct in the individual" ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
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Memento Mori
This small series of themed playing card illustrations hopes to explore how we, as a species, confront the human condition.
An esoteric, lurid excursion into ritual, myth, secret societies, hedonistic oblivion and often cruelty.
Martin Luther c.1520~ "Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a-begging."
