Where My Dreamlike Tarot Language Begins
Whenever I work with tarot symbolism, I feel as though I am stepping into a space suspended between waking and dreaming. It is not the fantasy of escapism, nor the clarity of logic, but a threshold where images loosen their definition and reveal something more instinctive. My tarot world does not follow the rules of traditional decks; it follows the rhythm of my inner landscape. As dreams often do, my imagery rearranges symbols into new forms, new gestures, new emotional architectures. In this space, divination becomes less about prediction and more about recognition — a moment of seeing myself through shapes, colours and shadows that feel strangely familiar.
The Surreal as a Path of Intuition
The surreal has always felt like a natural language for my practice. It allows me to express intuition without explaining it, to portray emotional truths without literal storytelling. When I create tarot-inspired works, I rely on the surreal to communicate what is subtle or unspoken. A floating bloom can carry the weight of longing. A mirrored face can express a duality that words would flatten. A fragment of light inside a dark field can whisper a truth that refuses to be named. The surreal gives me permission to let intuition guide the composition. It becomes a path rather than a technique — a way of entering the emotional logic behind tarot archetypes.
Dreams as an Emotional Framework
Dreams have their own structure, one that moves freely between symbolism, memory and anticipation. That structure influences how I approach my artwork. When I paint or design imagery inspired by the tarot, I think of dreams as emotional frameworks: fluid, ambiguous, atmospheric. A dream does not ask for clarity; it asks for resonance. That is exactly how I relate to tarot. I do not seek rigid meanings. I seek the emotional vibration that sits underneath each archetype. In my dream-infused tarot pieces, meaning rises through texture, colour and gesture rather than through explicit narrative. Everything remains open, shifting, alive.
Symbols That Behave Like Visions
My tarot-inspired symbols do not appear as fixed illustrations. They behave like visions. They move through the composition with a dreamlike softness, drifting between recognition and mystery. A flower may look like a memory. An eye may feel like awareness. A serpent-curve may suggest transformation. These symbols are not placed as answers but as invitations. They speak in the language of inner images — the way the mind communicates with itself in the quiet moments between thoughts. In this sense, my tarot work becomes less a depiction of the cards and more a translation of their emotional core.
The Role of Soft Darkness
Soft darkness is essential in creating the dreamlike quality of my tarot imagery. It acts as the space where the unseen gathers, where symbols take shape before fully revealing themselves. This darkness is never heavy or oppressive; it is a gentle night that allows intuition to unfold. In dreams, darkness often contains meaning rather than concealing it. That is also true in my work. My soft black atmospheres hold the weight of the emotional story while the symbols rise into visibility with their own quiet luminosity. This interplay between darkness and glow creates the divinatory mood that I search for.
Light as Inner Revelation
In the dreamlike logic of my tarot pieces, light becomes revelation. It does not illuminate everything; it selects what needs to be seen. Sometimes it shines from within a botanical shape, giving it the quality of an inner organ or emotional pulse. Sometimes it outlines the edge of a hybrid form, suggesting an awakening or a shift in perception. The light behaves like intuition — unpredictable, precise and deeply emotional. It is this selective glow that transforms a surreal composition into something that feels divinatory, as though the artwork were highlighting a truth emerging from the subconscious.
Colour as Psychic Temperature
Colour plays a crucial role in shaping the atmosphere of my dreamlike tarot imagery. I use hues as emotional temperatures rather than decorative choices. Soft blacks ground the work in introspection. Teal tones behave like clarity breaking through uncertainty. Neon greens sharpen instinct. Warm pinks soften the strangeness with tenderness. When these colours intersect, they form a chromatic field that resembles psychic weather — shifting conditions that reflect emotional states. In this sense, colour becomes my way of divining the atmosphere of the piece, determining how the symbol should feel rather than what it should represent.
Botanical Motifs as Dream-Organs
In my dreamlike tarot language, botanical elements often replace traditional figures. Flowers, vines, roots and seeds act like organs of intuition. They contain emotional states rather than literal meanings. A contorted stem might express tension. A glowing seed might represent a forming intention. A mirrored petal might echo a duality within the self. By using botanical forms, I give the tarot archetypes a softness and intimacy that feel closer to lived experience. These motifs become dream-organs — parts of an emotional anatomy that speaks through symbol instead of speech.
Why Dreamlike Divination Feels True to Me
I return to dreamlike tarot imagery because it reflects how I experience intuition in my own life. Clarity rarely arrives as a sentence. It arrives as a feeling, a flicker, a shift in atmosphere. Dreams express truth the same way — through symbols, sensations and small visual messages. When I work within this aesthetic, I feel that I am translating my own inner states into forms that others can recognize in themselves. My artwork becomes a space where surrealism and divination merge, where meaning is not imposed but discovered, and where the viewer can meet their own intuition through the soft, shifting language of the dream.
