From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Archetypes for the rest of us…

April 10, 2009

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Jeb asked me about archetypes and my twitter answer took two tweets.  Not a good sign.
Archetype:  primordial structural elements of the psyche, ” a dynamism which makes itself felt in the numinosity…/
…and fascinating power of the archetypal image.”  Jung, CW8, par 414. (how’s that for a start?)
I wasn’t surprised when he followed up [...]

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Playfulness

April 9, 2009

I went through a decade where I was convinced that fun should be a four letter word.  It’s not that I didn’t want to have fun.  Instead, while I and my peers made having fun a main goal, each group activity was sorely lacking it.
Playfulness is serious business for a boy of seven and a [...]

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The Undiscovered Self

April 8, 2009

It’s a great premise, the title of this shorter book by Jung: The Undiscovered Self.  In many ways it sums up the whole of Jungian psychology.  The challenge to us: step out of that comfort zone sometimes called the little self, what we often identify as “me,” and set out on a journey of discovery.  [...]

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What lurkes beneath the surface…

April 7, 2009

“…I never spoke to a native woman, this being what was expected of me.  As in Southern Europe. men speak to men, women to women.  Anything else signifies love-making.” Carl Jung, Memories, Dreams and Reflections, pg 261
I love the implications of this quote because it points to a layer of instinctual tendency in societal discourse [...]

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The graduation of a category

April 6, 2009

I’m pleased as punch to announce that the Fresh Paint category has officially graduated into it’s own blog.
Judith is now blogging solo at Attentive Equations.  Do give a visit.

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The importance of context

April 6, 2009

Oftentimes folks want another to interpret a dream for them, yet they will only provide a mere sketch of the dream experience.  Of coarse, any image can be interpreted.  The question to ask, does the interpretation ring true? Or as some would say, does it click?…click like a puzzle piece that snaps into place.
Many will [...]

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Feeling Palettes

April 4, 2009

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I’ve been exploring feeling palettes for a few weeks on twitter and thought I might give a broader explanation of what I’m doing with these three words experiments.
In Jungian typology each person has a highly developed function (thinking, feeling, sensation or intuition).  It is their strength and the function they [...]

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Bad tactics in our school district

April 2, 2009

So our school district, Sullivan West in New York, has sold out.  What happened to my son today has already happened once before this year and it’s time to speak up.  Perhaps this practice is infiltrating into many school systems.
A few months ago when the Sullivan West high school drama club was putting on its [...]

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The power of “as if…”

April 1, 2009

Go into a high powered meeting where you are going to ask for a million dollar donation.  Experience has taught me you better act “as if” the answer will be yes.  Come face to face with a person in crisis.  Act “as if” things are normal and soon the situation begins to normalize.  Engage any [...]

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