Before language, before cities, before the story we tell about who we are — the animals were already doing it. Living in full presence, without apology, without distance from their own intelligence. The Animals deck uses fifteen creatures as mirrors: not symbols, not metaphors, but real and ancient teachers whose particular kind of knowing speaks directly to what we have forgotten in ourselves.

Cybele Rowe’s original artwork renders each animal with sculptural authority. Rebekah Vandenberg’s audio activations — each one specific to its guide — take you into the encounter.