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A century ago, Jung maintained that "modern" humans rely too heavily on science and logic. He felt we needed to integrate spirituality and appreciation of the unconscious realm, and emphasized the importance of seeking balance and harmony. Jung came of age during the Arts & Crafts movement. The more I delve into it, the more I realize I have a special affinity for Celtic folklore, which coincides with my long held love of the Pre-Raphaelites (they "rediscovered" the Celts) and the Arts & Crafts movement. I try to work within the same spirit, but using methods, media, and materials beyond Morris' and Mackintosh's wildest fantasies... . . .
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 According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung and his school of analytical psychology,
archetypes are innate universal pre-conscious psychic dispositions
that form the substrate from which the basic themes of human life emerge. Being universal and innate, their influence
can be detected in the form of myths, symbols and psychic aptitudes of human beings the world over. The archetypes
are components of the collective unconscious and serve to organize, direct and inform human thought and behaviour.
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Carl Gustav Jung (July
26, 1875, Kesswil – June 6, 1961, Küsnacht) was a Swiss psychiatrist, influential thinker, and founder of
analytical psychology. Jung's
unique and broadly influential approach to psychology has emphasized understanding the psyche through exploring
the worlds of dreams, art, mythology, world religion and philosophy. Although he was a theoretical psychologist
and practicing clinician for most of his life, much of his life's work was spent exploring other realms, including
Eastern and Western philosophy, alchemy, astrology, sociology, as well as literature and the arts.
(Wikipedia article) |
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| Synchronicity is the experience of two or more events which occur in a meaningful manner, but
which are causally unrelated. Synchronous events, unlike coincidences, are related to one another conceptually,
and happen far more frequently than is allowed by random chance. |
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| The Arts and Crafts movement was a British and American aesthetic movement occurring in the last years of the
19th century and the early years of the 20th century. Inspired by the writings of John Ruskin and a romantic idealisation
of the craftsman taking pride in his personal handiwork, it was at its height between approximately 1880 and 1910.
It was a reformist movement that influenced
British and American architecture, decorative arts, cabinet making, crafts, and even "cottage" garden
designs. (Wikipedia article) |
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's early doctrines were expressed in four declarations: 1. To have genuine ideas to express; 2. To study Nature attentively, so as to know how to express them; 3. To sympathise with what is direct and serious and heartfelt in previous art, to the exclusion of what is conventional and self-parodying and learned by rote; 4. And, most indispensable of all, to produce thoroughly good pictures and statues. Influenced by Romanticism, they thought that freedom and responsibility were inseparable. Nevertheless, they were particularly fascinated by Medieval culture, believing it to possess a spiritual and creative integrity lost in later eras. (Wikipedia article) |
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