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Abduction By Moonlight Enchantment Installation


ABDUCTION BY MOONLIGHT 
The Moon- a Tarot Card Installation at Rarick Hall, Hays Kansas

Materials and processes: stoneware, glazes, terra sigillata, slip, press molds, fired to cone 2, branches, wire, vinyl, beads, metal, chain

Nicole Merkens


“In a Tarot card reading; the Moon card refers to a deep state of sensitivity and imaginative impressionability, developed within deep relaxation. Here we dream and go into trance, have visions and receive insights. The Moon card represents the ultimate test of a soul's integrity, where the membrane between the self and the unknown is removed. What transpires next is between a soul and its maker.

The Moon card advises that you trust your instincts and intuitions.”

This enchantment installation is a physical depiction of my version of “The Moon” Tarot Card. What happens in the moonlight, what does the moon witness? 

In this magical forest many unexplained events occur; there is a transcendence between two worlds shown in this reading. Here we experience deep mystical and terrifying realities beyond our ordinary senses. In this state of expanded consciousness, we cannot always control what happens.







Opening July 27th 7-9pm at Rarick Hall at Fort Hays State University in Moss-Thorns Gallery.



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  1. Oh yes, I have been in this state many times! Love it!

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