Cards 

This is "Cards" by Marko Pogacnik, an artwork of playing cards arranged in a grid. These are not mere game pieces; each suit carries a lineage stretching back through time. Consider the heart, not simply a symbol of love but a representation of the soul, an ancient vessel of emotion. Or the club, echoing the archaic symbol of the tree of life, growth, and connection to the earth. Diamonds, those glittering facets, remind us of the pursuit of wealth and earthly treasures, a desire as old as civilization itself. Spades, shaped like spearheads, carry the weight of conflict, war, and the inevitable presence of death. Observe how these motifs, once laden with deeper symbolic meanings, are stripped and reshaped over centuries, evolving into mere markers in a game of chance. Yet, they still whisper echoes of their primordial past, a testament to the endurance of symbols within our collective consciousness.