From: MarshaV (marshalz@i-2000.com)
Date: Sun Nov 28 2004 - 10:54:51 GMT
At 01:17 PM 11/27/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>I hope you don't mind the personal nature of this reply but I suspect that
>unconscious behavior can be immoral behavior, and I won't even know it
>unless the police come by.
The cult thing can shake things up... The thing for me is not to get
caught in any ideology, orthodox or unorthodox.
There came a time when I recognized bubbling up from my
subconscious/unconscious a large amount of unpleasant stuff. Being a
warrior at heart, I decided to read about the shadow and investigate 'my
shadow'. I found clusters of 'stuff' that hung together. In New Hope, PA
there is a Gargoyle Shop, where I found the sculptured heads of the seven
deadly sins. I bought them and hung them in my studio. I made paintings
of them. It wasn't long before I recognized each of those "sins" in
myself. Yes, there was a cluster of anger, lust, sloth, pride, envy,
gluttony and greed. When I confronted each of them I found them to be
nothing more than long buried aspects of myself. Mostly buried in
childhood. You know, they were created primarily by shame, humility, fear,
etc. They had become distorted and resentful little trolls, sometimes
whiney, sometimes very, very destructive, but always pathetic. They wanted
to be acknowledged. They wanted to come to light. (By the way, there,
well hidden in the troll labeled Pride, was my gumption to paint.) Now,
occasionally they will go on a rampage and I will need to slay them like a
dragon. But mostly I try to treat them as a good mother and try to find a
way to bring them gently into the light. After a year, I took down those
sculptures, but I still keep them close by.
Goddess Bless Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell!!! Don't you think that DQ can
be healing through play?
Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
MarshaV
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