Writing And Our Subconscious
Being creative involves self-awareness and respecting who we really are, including our unconscious depths.
The supranatural
The film Pan’s Labyrinth was acclaimed for its powerful story and richly beautiful as well as terrifying images.
Writer and director Guillermo del Toro once commented, “When you have the intuition that there is something which is there, but out of the reach of your physical world, art and religion are the only means to get to it.”
In an interview, del Toro spoke about humans having two levels of thought:
“One is conscious and the other unconscious or subconscious…
“Our problem is that we divide things that may be instinctive and collective and we have compartmentalized our perception so strongly that we only get them in glimpses and I think this is where the idea of the Jungian archetype comes to work…
“I believe that there is a whole dimension that I wouldn’t call supernatural but ‘supranatural,’ that I believe in.”
[From a San Francisco Bay Guardian interview.]
One way to gain more access to the creative possibilities of our unconscious is to do shadow work.
The dark side or shadow self of some people leads to destructive or violent behavior, but getting in touch with the hidden or disowned parts of ourselves can help most of us lead a more fulfilling and creative life.
One challenge is that facing those parts can be threatening and make us want to shut down or hide.
Hear audio excerpt of a free 3-part video series by Sounds True with Caroline Myss and Andrew Harvey on The Sacred Path of the Shadow, in this podcast episode:
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