Magritte Quotations: We are surrounded by curtains. We only perceive the world behind a curtain of semblance. At the same time, an object needs to be covered in order to be recognized at all. ———————————————– Visible things can be invisible. However, our powers of thought grasp both the visible and the invisible –…
Wheatfield with Crows July 1890 Oil on canvas 19.9 in × 40.6 in Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Wheat Fields after the Rain (The Plain of Auvers) July 1890 Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh The Fields July 1890 The theme of these last several posts is that the Unconscious is…
What we are to our inward vision, and what man appears to be… can only be expressed by way of myth. Myth is more individual and expresses life more precisely than does science. Memories, Dreams, Reflections; Prologue (1961) El Malabarista, 1956 from Defining irrealism: scientific development and allegorical possibility Dean Swinford, University…
Detail of an illustration of a solar barge on page 55 of Carl Jung’s The Red Book. Translated, the complete text on the page reads: One word that was never spoken. One light that was never lit up. An unparalleled confusion. And a road without end. According to translator Sonu Shamdasani, the solar barge “was…