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Good evening.

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It"s been one year since I made a whispered video,

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so it was time for a new one.

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And tonight's video will be about

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one of my favorite things in life,

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and one of my favorite triggers as well :

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books and page turning.

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So I'm going to show you some of favorite

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illustrated / art books, these are not novels, except one.

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Some I had for years and that are very precious to me.

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And some I recently bought and find to be beautiful.

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And, who knows, you may find some ideas here

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for presents, as well.

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Let's start with this one.

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This one is by Kinuko Craft, she's a painter and illustrator,

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and I fell in love with her paintings.

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I discovered her art about... 20 years ago, I guess.

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It is a book full of magic,

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and it really takes you in another world.

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She's inspired by fairy tales,

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legends,

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and classical paintings.

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Pegasus.

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This is one of my favorites.

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Here you can see that she was inspired

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by paintings from the Renaissance,

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or the 19th century,

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especially the pre-Raphaelites painters.

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And this one reminds me of Leonardo da Vinci.

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I like this one as well.

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The reflection is beautiful,

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and green is one of my favorite colors.

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We can see honeysuckle here.

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It's very colorful as well,

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so bright.

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Some sketches.

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The sketch and the final painting.

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It feels like we can almost touch the dress.

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This is Aliénor d'Aquitaine,

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a french queen from the 12th century.

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Sleeping beauty.

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With the King, and the Queen.

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Isn't this lovely ?

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And of course I cannot talk about art books,

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without talking about the Middle-Earth world.

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There are many artists who illustrated

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and still illustrate Tolkien's books.

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And there are 3 I really love,

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probably the most famous ones.

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And my favorite is John Howe.

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I have a few artbooks from him

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but this is probably the most beautiful one,

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in my opinion.

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Unfortunately, I haven't seen this one in other languages.

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It's a french publication.

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But, if you're interested, there are many other artbooks

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to discover his art.

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"Sur les Terres de Tolkien",

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this means : on Tokien's lands.

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Let's open it.

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Of course John Howe became very famous with

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the Peter Jackson movies,

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because he was one of the artists

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who worked on the movies.

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But he began to illustrate Tolkien's books

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at the end of the 70', if I'm not mistaken.

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Yes, this one is from 1975 (mistake : from 1979),

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Gandalf fighting the Balrog.

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He was quite young but so talented already.

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It's a very powerful painting, in my opinion.

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This one was made almost 20 years later.

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I really like the page layout,

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it's simple but elegant.

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Gandalf.

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Theoden, Faramir, Boromir, Gandalf and Arwen.

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I hope you don't mind spiders.

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Smaug.

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This is one of my favorites.

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Landscapes...

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Yes, it is a quite noisy book.

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And I have to mention Alan Lee and Ted Nasmith as well.

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These are very different styles.

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Ted Nasmith might not be as famous as Alan Lee or John Howe

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because he didn't work on the Peter Jackson movies.

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But his gouache paintings are absolutely breathtaking.

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This is, obviously, the Silmarillion.

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And of course it can be found in many different languages.

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Look at this.

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It requires a lot of talent to be able to paint

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so many details with gouache.

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This is quite amazing.

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And there are a lot of artbooks by Alan Lee as well.

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But I really love his sketches.

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So this is the Lord of the Rings sketchbook.

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And I think sketches are a great way to appreciate

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an artist's work.

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I think I already did some page turning with this book

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in my very first roleplay.

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Minas Tirith.

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Eowyn and Aragorn.

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My favorite character.

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A painting.

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The next book is going to be very different

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from the others.

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It is a cooking book.

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This one is in french, and sorry

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but it can only be found in french.

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"La cuisine des fées" : Fairies cooking.

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It was inspired by the classic fairy tales.

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And we can find some magical recipes.

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Like the cake in the Donkey's skin tale.

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Or the beautiful gingerbread house from Hansel & Gretel.

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I'll find this one later.

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And this book was the last gift

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one of my grandmothers made to me.

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In 2007 or 2008, I can't really remember.

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I've tried many recipes from this book,

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and I must say they're not easy at all,

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but so good.

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And the pictures are so beautiful and inspiring.

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You can see there has been a lot of work done for this book.

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Cinderella.

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It looks yummy, doesn't it ?

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This is from the Little Red Riding Hood.

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Alright, let's find the gingerbread house.

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There it is.

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Isn't it beautiful ?

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I haven't tried this recipe yet.

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But one day, I will.

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Ok I hope you are not hungry right now.

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Chocolate...

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Fine.

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Next one.

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On this side...

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Some of you may be familiar with this one

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because I used it for one of my very first roleplays,

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the dressmaker.

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This is the Western Fashion History by John Peacock.

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And this is the ultimate reference for me

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when it comes to historical costuming.

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I almost always refer to John Peacock

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when I want to be historically accurate with my costumes,

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before I start looking for them.

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And John Peacock is english so of course

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you can find this book in english.

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And I'm not sure but I think I saw an italian edition as well.

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I'm trying to avoid harsh light.

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In this book you will find every century,

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and how people used to dress.

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Every fashion era is very well described,

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and it is so perfect :

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the shapes, the details, the colors,

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everything is clear and so well documented.

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And

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there is a full description of each costume as well.

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Ah, the 19th century, my favorite.

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So many different styles...

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Very "Scarlett O'Hara".

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And now, another french book.

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And again, this one can only be found in french, for now. Sorry.

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It is about medicinal plants,

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that we also call "simples" in french.

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And as you can see this book was inspired

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by medieval plates and illuminations.

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A nice touch.

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Let's have a look.

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It's beautiful isn't it ?

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And this includes medieval paintings as well.

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And it's both beautiful and very informative.

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I have a lot of books about medicinal plants

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because I love to learn about them.

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And that was also one of my inspirations for the apothecary roleplays.

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And this is the kind of book you love leafing through

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by the fireplace, on a cozy Winter evening.

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Letting your mind drift away...

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"Pâquerettes" in french.

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Daisies.

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The queen of flowers...

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And the last book I wanted to show you,

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is not really a book.

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It is an oracle deck.

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But since it comes with a book,

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I thought I would include this in the video.

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Ok, this is just a pretext.

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I love the artist who illustrated the cards.

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His name is Will Worthington,

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and he has illustrated many tarot & oracle decks.

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I already had one.

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And it was a tarot deck,

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but I found this one a few weeks ago,

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and I fell in love with it.

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This one is about plants.

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Let's put this aside...

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So there is a book.

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Where we can find all the cards and the meanings.

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And, of course, the cards.

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Let's have a look.

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There are a few blanks as well

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where you can draw your own favorite plants.

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Of course, this deck can be found

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in english, in french, and I've seen it in german as well,

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and probably other languages.

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This is the only card with a human.

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A blank.

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I know some of you requested a roleplay

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with tarot reading.

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This is one of my plans,

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but I don't know when.

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I don't often see as many details on oracle or tarot cards.

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And these are my favorites,

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and the most beautiful I have found.

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Each card is a piece of art.

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Garlic.

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Flax flowers.

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Poisonous plants.

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Chamomille.

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And this was the last one.

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I hope you enjoyed this very simple video.

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Let me know which book you liked the most.

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I will put all the names in the description.

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And, as always, I wish you a very good night.

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Sleep well.