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I painted myself, sculpted and did wood carving. I have a certain sense of color.\u00a0 When modern art came on the scene, it presented a great psychological problem for me.\u00a0 I wrote about Picasso and Joyce.\u00a0 I recognized there something which is very unpopular, namely the very thing which confronts me in my patients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thus, it seems as though the individual psyche expresses itself in relation to the emotional experiences of the ego and\/or a priori, the ego in relationship to the archetype. The particular visual forms of expression have their own personality (language, mannerisms and personal characteristics) unique to the autonomous psyche.\u00a0 The Art of the personality is its expression in thoughts, ideas, emotions, behaviors, instincts, and the senses.<\/p>\n<p>The creative dialogue between the ego and the unconscious and archetypal is an important factor in the creative process since the affect laden ego mixes with the archetypal unconscious to create the artistic product. By creating art out of their own active imagination, dreams, visions, images, dance, or writings, participants will directly embody the relation between art and psyche and then have an opportunity to share with other participants their uniquely personal experience of the creative process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 consecutive Wednesdays, 6:00 \u2013 7:30 pm\u00a0Eastern Time, USA via Zoom This course will contrast the Freudian aesthetic based on free association with a Jungian aesthetic based on active imagination. 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