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Your house of cards Artist: Nan Goldin Title:1972 Date:Naomi and Marlene on the balcony, Boston guggenheim.org Living in a house of cards could be living with a casino problem, going out, drinking and gambling most nights. This photograph reminds me of a casino. When I think of a house of cards, one of the things that comes to my mind is poker and other card games played at casinos. A person's house of cards could be that they spend and waste too much money at a casino but continue to play, risking more and more moey as the night goes on.

Artist: Douglas Gorc Title: Tatoo (for reflection) Date: 1997 guggenheim.org Cards are things that are easily paked and can be taken anywhere. To have a house of cards could be moving around a lot to get away from something that has happened and bringing only the essentials, the cards. This photograph makes me think that the person has done something that he knows was wrong and the tatoo on his back is a constant reminder. From looking at this pricture I get a feeling that whatever this person has done was serious. There's just something that makes me think of him as a criminal who has escaped from jail. Now he has a house of cards, he is runing and hiding fromwhatever crime he has committed and must be able to pack up quickly and at any given time.

Artist: Richard Benson Title: Texas Panhandle Date: 2006 moma.org Another thing that I think of as a "house of cards" is that if someone were to actually construct a house of cards, it would be very unstable because there would be virtually no support. I find this photoggraph to depict a huse of cards because it looks as if it could fall over at any moment. The house in this photograph looks like it is being blown over by the wind. If a house made of cards was built outside and the wind blew, the house would topple to the ground. This photograph could be this but just in slow motion.

Artist: Melissa Shook Title: December 13, 1972 Date: 1972 moma.org When I think of cards I think of playin solitaire when I'm either bored or lonely. So, someone could have a house of card because they are alone. Therir house could be filled with thing that have absolutely no meaning to them other than stuff to fill space up with. In this photograph, the woman looks sad and lonley. She could live in a house of cards because the only thing that cares about her is her cat. She may live the rest of her life in a house of cards, becoming more lonely every day because she has no one that cares about her.