Justice…

I pulled the Justice card this morning and I was intrigued and then I found this image on line and I was amused and intrigued. This version of Justice appears to me to be a model strutting the runway. In NYC we have just moved through Fashion Week, which is a very decisive moment in the Fashion World. For those in the Industry, this is the epitome of what life is about - setting trends and defining style for the year ahead. For the model, I imagine, this is a chance to grace the most important stage with their individual boldness and confidence. When I was younger, I couldn’t stand the idea of models - in my mind, they were setting us up for disappointment with an unattainable sense of style and beauty. But now I see that they are and can be quite inspirational - they wield a kind of power in an industry that might hope to objectify and/or control their contribution to the successful commodification of a certain line or trend. But, truthfully, the fashion world is LOST without the talent and the raw determination and blind drive of the models can make or break a campaign, so they hold almost all of the power. A long tangent for this card, merely to say - sometimes we think we see things a certain way, but they are not that way. The blindfold, therefore, is important. What you see is not always the truth of how it is. Dive deeper when passing judgement. Happy Thursday night!

“Justice is a blindfolded woman.” - Shirley Hufstedler

Justice - Art by Jacinthe on DeviantArt