by David Hoptman

Jung believed that a human being is inwardly whole, but that most of us have lost touch with important parts of our selves. Through listening to the messages of our dreams and waking imagination, we can contact and reintegrate our different parts. The goal of life is individuation, the process of coming to know, giving expression to, and harmonizing the various components of the psyche. If we realize our uniqueness, we can undertake a process of individuation and tap into our true self. Each human being has a specific nature and calling which is uniquely his or her own, and unless these are fulfilled through a union of conscious and unconscious, the person can become sick.

The creative process, whether dominated by the ‘psychological mode’ or the ‘visionary mode,’ “consists in the unconscious activation of an archetypal image, and in elaborating and shaping this image into the finished work”, which is then a unique and particular manifestation of the archetypes—interpreted and presented in a manner appropriate for a specific time and place.

The creative process, whether dominated by the ‘psychological mode’ or the ‘visionary mode,’ “consists in the unconscious activation of an archetypal image, and in elaborating and shaping this image into the finished work”, which is then a unique and particular manifestation of the archetypes—interpreted and presented in a manner appropriate for a specific time and place.

Jung wrote, “A great work of art is like a dream” and he said, “[W]hen an archetypal situation occurs we suddenly feel an extraordinary sense of release, as though transported, or caught up by an overwhelming power…That is the secret of great art, and of its effect upon us”

Individual aesthetic response represents a process of self-revelation in the life of individuals. l Jung:

“Trust that which gives you meaning and accept it as your guide.”jung

“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams.

Who looks inside, awakens.”

If you advance confidently in the direction of your dreams and endeavor to live the life you have imagined, you will meet with a success unexpected In common hours. You will pass an invisible boundary new, universal and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within you and you will live with the license of a higher order of beings.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

•     “Education for creativity is nothing  short of education for living.”

Erich Fromm, Creativity and Its Cultivation, 1959.

WE ARE LIMITING OURSELVES IF WE PERSIST IN CATEGORIZING AND COMPARTMENTALIZING THE ARTS, DWELLING ON THEIR DIFFERENCES INSTEAD OF NOTICING AND ACCEPTING THEIR SIMILARITIES.

EXPERIMENTS MAKE IMAGINATION CONCRETE. Man Ray

Kant maintained that morality and creativity do not follow causal, scientific law, they exits in in a unique realm distinctive from physics: so called meta physics<ethics aesthetics religion> where the rules are written by god,

“If we enjoy the process we will  have a better chance at enjoying the end result.. The creative sum…Its easy to get lost in the process and miss the point, the process allows us to express ourselves within the creative endeavor. Art is a expression and as image makers this is what we do. We share our view with others as well as enlightening ourselves to ourselves, the process is multifaceted.” ~ David Hoptman