...always a rage against the blind harmony of an anaesthetized life. Instead, a life amid the salient, the awkward, the pathologized; buffeted and discontent, at peace only in a rough sea.* Is it possible that the very flight away from our experience of pathology misses the beauty of its necessity, removing us from artful expression of …
Tag: Words
Expression
"In culture, any culture, we are bound to that which is deemed possible. In the comparative imagination that can relate consciousness to culture and culture to consciousness, we begin to free ourselves for the impossible." Language Language can be seen as one mode of expressing aspects of the unseen. Through definition we divide and separate the …
Our Lady of the Well
"Language is originally and essentially nothing but a system of signs or symbols, which denote real occurrences, or their echo in the human soul." Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious In the midst of reading Jung's Red Book, the idea of words and language and their relationship to the underlying wordless reality has begun to haunt me. …
If You Could Read My Mind
"Whatever is not being said is not being thought...and if it's not being thought it is lost, and it is just those things that are lost that we need." Michael Meade Somewhere in my late teens, I began to struggle daily for that feeling of peace and belonging I was sure everyone else must have. …
Reflections
Not sure why I never thought to poke around in the blogosphere here on WordPress but having recently done so, am happy to have found a few kindred spirits who also have a passion for ideas and writing. Many of you have been quite kind and inspiring, which is very much appreciated! Thank you! This …
