“Lament for the Queen of Disks” was inspired by an actual tarot reading given to Jill Tracy by Eden Gallanter during the creation of her Cheimonette Tarot Deck.
“The Queen of Disks is a powerful woman (like the earth-mother), who has an endless stream of inspiration, ideas, energy and beauty to give (and whose power can never be taken away or undermined.) But she is disappointed in the misuse, misunderstanding— or denial of who she is and what she has to give. A part of the Queen of Disks is not appreciated, understood, or seen— and this is what she desires most of all.”
Jill Tracy surrounded herself (and the piano) with the 78 original paintings for the tarot while she composed. Read the memoir essay “A Sonic Spell for Melancholy Souls” about the inspiration and making of this piece.