Anyway, Chuck is a major reason for this
version of the Brick Tarot. When I was looking for an iconic image for
the Magician I remembered my wife's recent birthday party. Chuck provided
the evening's star attraction as a fire eater/breather. It was, as you
can imagine, quite the evening. Chuck dazzled us by breathing fire, eating
fire, and even putting fire into the palms of our hands. Nothing quite says action, power and concentration than eating and breathing fire.
If there's anyone in my life who I feel qualifies for the title of "Magician"
it's Chuck.
Chuck fits the the "Conscious Awareness" portion
of the card as well. His life has been one of great personal challenges.
If I had gone through half of what he's been through I would be even
more bitter than I already am. Chuck, however, has a joy
de vivre that shines through in just about everything
he does.
As to the card itself - the Chuck Mini-Figure is showing
his stuff near the Shrine of the Lost Meatball at the Church
of the Flying Spaghetti Monster as you can see in the above pulled-back
shot.
If you squint really hard you can see Whiskey Tango from BRiCK
House checking out the show on the far right.
I was really tempted to try some digital enhancements on the LEGO fire,
but I settled for just playing with the contrast a bit.
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