Tag: Carl Jung

Creative Play: An unexpected Journey into the Unconscious

Creative Play: An unexpected Journey into the Unconscious

The Quest for Authenticity In 2023, I began my master’s dissertation with the goal of discovering my authentic self through art. As a neurodivergent artist, much of my life had been spent masking, navigating a fragmented sense of identity. Jungian psychology offered a way to 

Exploring alchemical stages in the creative process.

Exploring alchemical stages in the creative process.

My first real encounter with Alchemy was last October, when I was searching for symbols and metaphors that resonated with me for my own art-making practice. I found it to be hugely complex and put it aside until stumbling upon it once again through my 

Accessing the subconscious

Accessing the subconscious

I am sharing, or perhaps merely recording, a moment of revelation, one of those wonderful experiences when everything becomes clear. This time it is not through making art, but through my wider reading. I have read a significant amount from and about Carl Jung, and