http://www.italiannotebook.com/places/tarot-garden/ The Free, Brief, Daily email from Italy read by (tens of) thousands worldwide! Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:06:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.italiannotebook.com/places/tarot-garden/#comment-1113 Stanley Crabb Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:47:46 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=4051#comment-1113 I remember the "monsters" at Bomarzo near Rome, most of that in disrepair when I last saw it. But, THIS -- we never knew anything about this. We left Italy in 1986 when it was being born, I guess. Great work and the write-up was excellent. Thanks. Stanley Crabb I remember the “monsters” at Bomarzo near Rome, most of that in disrepair when I last saw it. But, THIS — we never knew anything about this. We left Italy in 1986 when it was being born, I guess. Great work and the write-up was excellent. Thanks. Stanley Crabb

]]> http://www.italiannotebook.com/places/tarot-garden/#comment-1112 Gian Banchero Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:44:27 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=4051#comment-1112 Beautiful, beautiful art... I don't know if it's exclusively an Italian penchant for constructing rustic art as such but in my once Italian neighborhood here in the Westbrae District of Berkeley, California, we once hosted similar artistic fantasies, be them from mosaics in the front of homes, religious shrines, to gardens that hosted beautiful or delightfully grotesque shaped trees, since there was an Italian immigrant cement sculpture in the community his works were included in our gardens (I still have a few of his works). Sadly as the immigrant population passed on their visual contributions were thrown out. I've noticed here in the San Francisco Bay Area that there are still a few Italians with fantasy gardens.... From the fellow in Fresno, California who built the underground chambers to Sam Rodia at the Watts Towers it is obvious that there is something in our blood that says "Let 'er go." It's something I can't escape from myself being that within the last ten years I've not only put up a 4' x 4' painting on the front fence but also esoteric plants and have allowed the appearance of little stone statues, but it's nothing compared to Niki's Tarot Garden. Beautiful, beautiful art… I don’t know if it’s exclusively an Italian penchant for constructing rustic art as such but in my once Italian neighborhood here in the Westbrae District of Berkeley, California, we once hosted similar artistic fantasies, be them from mosaics in the front of homes, religious shrines, to gardens that hosted beautiful or delightfully grotesque shaped trees, since there was an Italian immigrant cement sculpture in the community his works were included in our gardens (I still have a few of his works). Sadly as the immigrant population passed on their visual contributions were thrown out.
I’ve noticed here in the San Francisco Bay Area that there are still a few Italians with fantasy gardens…. From the fellow in Fresno, California who built the underground chambers to Sam Rodia at the Watts Towers it is obvious that there is something in our blood that says “Let ‘er go.” It’s something I can’t escape from myself being that within the last ten years I’ve not only put up a 4′ x 4′ painting on the front fence but also esoteric plants and have allowed the appearance of little stone statues, but it’s nothing compared to Niki’s Tarot Garden.

]]> http://www.italiannotebook.com/places/tarot-garden/#comment-1111 louise Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:56:24 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=4051#comment-1111 Fascinating! Thanks for the history of this very strange place and the great pictures. Fascinating! Thanks for the history of this very strange place and the great pictures.

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