You can’t help but look at Outi Harma’s work and want to touch it. With her two Oracle Decks, Love Your True Colors and Venus Rising you can hold her incredible art and use it to unlock your intuition. I initially found Outi’s decks on Easy and then started following her inspirational accounts on social media.
I have an unboxing video of both of her decks which I have been using for my personal work and with my Clients and they all adore it. Always wanting to admire all of the cards after a reading. I kid you not.
Out shares her journey of creating her art and her Oracle decks with us today.
Can you share a little about yourself. Where you are from, what you are passionate about and what is your profession?
I am originally from Finland. I grew up in a tiny town north of the Arctic Circle. I came to the US over 25 years ago just as an adventure but loved it here right away. I started exploring art making. I am a self-taught artist/painter. I have been making a living as an artist for a 20 years now.
I am passionate about creativity, self-expression, spirituality, self reflection, nature, humanity, the world, politics, …I think I could go on and on 🙂 I have practiced ecstatic dance weekly for over 20 years now. I could not imaging my life without dancing. I love acting and theatre and having been involved in it for about 15 years. I belong to Rachel Rosenthal’s theatre company called Tohubohu! ExtremeTheatre. We perform once a month.
How did this journey of creating the deck unfold?
My friends, and strangers, kept telling me that my art would be great on a deck of tarot or oracle cards. I thought so too but it took me a while to follow through and start creating a deck.
What were the unexpected challenges creating this deck?
Creating a deck went very smoothly for me. Years of painting gave me so many images to choose from. Sometimes the words would come first and I would look for the images that it would fit. And other times I would sit with the images and see what they wanted to say. I love the process.
Only thing I had a challenge with later in the process was the printing company that I had chosen.They made lot’s of mistakes. I had to constantly send things back to get them reprinted. Finally I changed printers.
What is your favourite Tarot Card? (of your deck or in general)
I have used the OSHO Zen Tarot deck a lot. But maybe just because that is what I happen to have next to my bed. From my “Love Your True Colors” deck my favorite card is “don’t take it personally”. It is so freeing to let people to have they own experience and not to take things personally.
From the “Venus Rising” deck I love the “be fierce” card. Fierceness is such a good antidote to the feeling of powerlessness.
How do you use the Tarot and Oracle decks in your spiritual practice?
I like to pick up a card before dancing or meditating. I Feel into what it means to me and take a one word or short sentence. For example lately I have been working with word “receiving”. I love to practice of embodying it fully by dancing with it and breathing the energy of it into every cell of my body.
Any advice for the artists and creators reading this?
Be true to your unique voice and style. No one can create like you.
Any exciting projects in the creative pipeline?
I have coloring book in making. I been painting some large murals lately which been really fun and got few more lined up. I have a character that I have been drawing and would love to create a children’s book about her. Painting large scale paintings. There are so many things I want to do!
Rapid Fire Round!
Starsign?
Cancer, Pisces moon, Sagittarius rising
Favourite flavour of ice-cream?
Strawberry Hazen Daz (I never thought that I would be strawberry ice cream fan but this one change my life)
Do you have any pets?
Dog. His name is Dino. Gentle sweet pea.
What book are you currently reading?
Just finished Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic
Name a film you have seen more than 5 times?
No film more than twice.
One of my favorites that comes to mind is Eternal Sun Shine of the Spotless Mind.
Who is your biggest inspiration?
Don’t have one person but Life in general
What is your go-to crystal?
Huge quartz that friend brought back from the healer John of God in Brazil.
How can we follow you and your projects?
Website: outiart.com
Facebook: outiart
Instagram: outiart
Twitter: outiart
Other: rachelrosenthal.org (theatre company Tohubohu!)
