I didn’t feel this as keenly before living in the US, but I keep looking at various NY and LA writing/publishing people and being like, “ah yes, they are Cool and Interesting and do tarot and fancy Adult Cooking and such, whereas I am a gremlin who owns a single pair of pants.”
I think because it’s so often like... done with an aesthetic? Like pics of beautiful decks in a special box on a special table with a cool cloth, with la thematically decorated Writing And/Or Tarot Space in the background.