I continued my schooling in this field and eventually became a Certified Expressive Arts Therapist. All the while I was creating a Tarot deck and journal. I devoted myself to this project for two more years. My friends were most supportive, asking me for color copies of my deck and urging me to publish it. I had to create a new deck to publish however, as many of the contemporary images I incorporated into my themes, were copyright protected.
Collage is still a 'grey' area with regards to current laws.
It has been most gratifying to self-publish, although it's been a huge financial risk and a lot of hard work to cut, collate, package and market my work, as I'm sure any of you who have ventured in that direction know. At this point in the story, I'm preparing workshops to teach Tarot and guiding others in making their own personal decks. I have an art therapy studio in my home, and facilitate small workshops here. I find this work to be healing and inspirational.