TAPPING INTO THE UNCONSCIOUS

Just as we do not doubt the importance of our conscious experience, then we ought not to second-guess the value of our unconscious lives.

CARL JUNG

As important as it is to feed your creativity with inspiring experiences that can be touched, seen, and heard, paying attention to the unconscious realm will also inform your work.

According to Jung, two layers of the unconsciousness are linked together: the collective unconscious and the personal unconscious.

The collective unconscious is an inherited, instinctive, and universal memory pool that is identical for all creatures of the same species. In humans, regardless of racial and geographic differences, this pool is made up of interdependent opposites: instincts and ...

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