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The 99 painted images depict scenes of couple-life, symbolizing feelings, wishes, needs, conflicts, and healing patterns that emerge in the continuous flow of couple relationships. In cooperation with Ofra Ayalon, decades of experience in couple counselling and therapy were added to artist Marina Lukyanova.

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A collage is an assembly of pieces glued in place to make a work of art. Joan Beauregard's collage creations for the BEAUREGARD cards are free-spirited arrangements of form and colour that can deeply effect the viewer. We may also go beyond viewing to using these collages as a departure point for personal creative expression.

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CLARO ++ 55 Blank Cards for Creating your own Images CLARO has coloured varnished backs and white unvarnished fronts. You can colour or paint these cards yourself with art material of your choice. Your own drawings and paintings become just as playable as the other decks.

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Used around the world by trauma healers and relief workers, COPE cards help to open communication and create community. The images convey the emotional content of events, leading us to inner stories of woe and joy so we can express and share them. The path from trauma to healing is portrayed in the decks beautiful and manifold images, variations, and image combinations.

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ECCO ++ 99 Abstract Paintings for Imagination without Limits In Italian Ecco means Look! Behold: This deck of 99 abstract cards was painted by John David Ellis to invite us to look carefully at colours forms patterns. There are no titles and no correct meanings. Each of us sees something different. ECCO is a challenge for the imagination a springboard into art a magic carpet into the world of fantasy. Create your own exhibitions describe the images as landscapes or a dream. Like all the picture decks ECCO combines well with the OH word cards or with paintings from other decks of the genre.

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The INUK cards present a companion in play to the existential question, "Who am I, what makes me how I am?" Each 88 mm circular picture card depicts metaphorically a situation in which any of us might find ourselves. Players interpret the pictures through attributing feelings, moods and actions and so themselves become participants in the scenes. At the same time they might catch a glimpse of their own current inner state. Artist Yilin Bai has enriched the OH-Card genre with her 88 paintings on the theme of self-discovery and self-determination. 10 cut-out cards operate as windows, keyholes or magnifying glasses to enhance and affect our perspectives. For further surprises try combining the INUK images with the OH words!

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Habitat is Latin for he, she, or it resides. These cards about nature and humans, painted by naturalist Christian Gronau, depict a broad spectrum of Earth's natural environments. Some seem documentary, some seem serious or funny, others appear almost mythical. HABITAT invites us to playfully find connections and networks within our surroundings and shows us other ways to live in the world.

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LYDIA JACOB STORY ++ 55 mixed-media collages by Raymond E. Waydelich (limited edition, black box, gold stamp) Alsacian artist Raymond E. Waydelich has a passion for combining found objects with painting to compose his works of art. He has created 55 card-sized masterpieces spiced with his own zesty humour especially for this genre of playful tools. As well as being a work of art in its own right, each one of the LYDIA JACOB STORY cards is a departure point into a surreal world, a new and still unknown place occupied by a memorable collection of humans, animals, plants and (possibly) inanimate objects.

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The painter Walde Mar de Andrade e Silva has lived with the natives of the rainforest and has painted their world ever since. The 88 picture cards plus 22 track cards of footprints take us on a trip through the jungle and into the lives of a happy people. The warm colours and loving scenes touch us and guide our play. This peaceful deck of cards works well with children. MORENA means place of origin in the local Xingu language.

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Paul Gauguin (1848 - 1903) created the vivid works of his later life on the remote islands of Tahiti. He expressed his fascination for the culture in paintings that sought to fulfill his deep longings for beauty and original innocence. He painted scenes of daily life, the countryside and people, mostly women. Images rich in poetry and an apparent harmony that seemed indigenous to paradise pervade the works. These 55 cards, selected images out of his most beautiful paintings, are an invitation to journey in fantasy to the South Seas.

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This is the book about the unique genre of playful tools known as the OH Cards. Author Waltraud Kirschke investigates the history and background of the associative cards. Each game with its unique theme is described and discussed as well as portrayed within the larger framework of the genre. The book is alive with practical details and examples plus personal reports from a wide variety of card-users, both private and professional, from many different countries and cultures. An incitement to in-depth use of the associative cards.

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SHEN HUA - 55 picture cards for storytelling from old China. Pulled blindly from the deck, each card comes as a surprise, opening its own window into the realm of imagination. As we lay down the selected cards in progression a story develops. SHEN HUA's images from distant China can show us new inroads to creativity.

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SAGA 55 Story Telling Cards These 55 picture cards painted by Ely Raman depict characters, scenes and objects from a land that never was and always is. Each card is a springboard into a familiar myth or fairy tale, or into a story that has never been told before. The SAGA cards rekindle the delight of spontaneity and surprise, and memories of childhood dreams. The images invite you to travel, with or without a child, into the world of story, fantasy, dreams and magic.

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A Path to Growth, Insight, and Appreciation of Self and Others A 200-page workbook for the OH Cards by Adam Bourgeois complete with 88 b/w small representations of the OH picture cards, extensive bibliography and index. The book is organized into three parts. In Part I, Adam discusses the OH Cards and the realms of personal discovery - the conscious, the unconscious, and archetypes. These chapters prepare the way for Part II and Part III which are about the 176 OH Cards and his insights and comments on each individual card, drawing upon myth, fairy tales, word histories, and universal symbols. Space is provided after the descriptions for your own entries, through which this book becomes a personalized journal of your own discoveries.

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99 picture cards about stress plus 44 animal cards The 99 picture cards reflect the stresses of daily life as well as revealing possibilities for relaxation. The 44 animal cards symbolize qualities that can help us discover and strengthen our resilience. Metaphorically, they provide emotional and/or conceptual support. All 143 vividly-coloured cards were painted by the versatile Czech watercolour artist Emilie Marti. Like all of our cards, RESILIO can be combined with other OH-genre decks.

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Personita 77 Portraits of Children & Youth from around the world plus 44 situation-cards about their relationships. These portraits painted by artists Ely Raman and Marina Lukyanova represent children and young people of all countries and cultures of our world. The cards are a playful invitation to exchange associations that emerge from memory and fantasy. Sparked by these colourful cards we can find common ground in shared imagination while exercising creative self-expression.

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PERSONA ++ 77 Faces from all over the World plus 33 Interaction Cards by Ely Raman provide the material for countless role-plays in which the player acts out people from around the globe. Who are these people? What do they do? What do they want? Using PERSONA cards offers an opportunity to meet through play and imagination with people of many cultures. The dots on the interaction cards indicate the number of portraits cards to be played. The arrows represent their interactions.

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OH ++ Two Decks of 88 Cards each - one of Paintings, one of Words This is a unique series containing cards of association, designed to stimulate creativity and communication. A colourful springboard lending wings to imagination, they are a cross between game and book. They are both a tool and a game at the same time for adults and children of all ages - suitable for a wide spectrum of use, from social work and therapy to family play, from team training in industry to writing workshops and theatre. Everyone wins! Each individual deck can be used on its own or in conjunction with any (or all) of the others, like building blocks for creativity. Frame a picture card with a word card and explore the meaning of the set.

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OH ++ Two Decks of 88 Cards each - one of Paintings, one of Words (FRENCH VERSION) This is a unique series containing cards of association, designed to stimulate creativity and communication. A colourful springboard lending wings to imagination, they are a cross between game and book. They are both a tool and a game at the same time for adults and children of all ages - suitable for a wide spectrum of use, from social work and therapy to family play, from team training in industry to writing workshops and theatre. Everyone wins! Each individual deck can be used on its own or in conjunction with any (or all) of the others, like building blocks for creativity. Frame a picture card with a word card and explore the meaning of the set.

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MYTHOS is the name of Ely Raman's deck of 55 storytelling cards - Myths and Legends. A wonderful complement to the other storytelling cards, Mythos portrays detail and scenes from myth and legend, opening a world of fantasy.

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