"CARD #176" after first stage of production, but before 'clean up'.....

 
 There's more 'nitty gritty' in the 'CARD' with very little image manipulation....The subsequent card, to follow...perhaps... will be sparser, with far greater contrast and less 'grit' and debris from thought interferences that are, always, a product of  Abstract Expression.    



                     'REVERSED' IN AN ATYPICAL  TAROT/RORSCHACH MANNER........

                         HOW DOES THIS IMAGE RENEGOTIATE THE VIEWER'S INTERPRETATION?  

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