literary references in my work no longer function as storytelling devices, but allude to the deconstruction of the narrative element of an image or object, and comment on contemporary art at large.”(Çavuşoğlu, 2016) ‘Desire Lines/Tarot & Chess/’ portrays universal patterns of human behavior that the artist drew from reflections on Italo Calvino’s ‘The Castle of Crossed Destinies’. The stories are told by sequences of moving images and fragmented speech. Çavuşoğlu outlines the project further by saying, “The characters, after losing their way in a forest and their ability to speak, all arrive at a castle. The Castle Keeper is the only person who can vocalise their stories. There are other guests at the Castle, who have all made a similar journey and are all interested in each newcomer’s tarot reading as it unfolds on a long table in the spacious dining hall using a set of classic Marseille Tarot cards. Each guest uncannily resembles a character in the cards, and each of their own stories intersects inevitably depending on how the cards are laid out. The linear sequence of the tarot cards placed in a row composes one story. The intersection with another row of cards creates intertextuality and each coincidence creates “coherent significance.” The first story presents the tale of