Labyrinth Story 2: Spirals and Arthur Dove
The spiral labyrinth is one of the oldest of symbols; it depicts the way to the unknown center of death and rebirth, the risk of the search, the danger of losing the way, the quest, the finding and the ability to return. Edmond Whitmont, The Symbolic Quest
C.G. Jung writes to Kerenyi about labyrinths…
To Karl Kerenyi Dear Colleague: 10 March 1941 Many thanks for kindly sending me your Labyrinth book which I found extraordinarily interesting. The labyrinth is indeed a primordial image which one encounters in psychology mostly in the form of the fantasy of a descent to the underworld. In most cases, however, the topography of the…
The Meaning of Animals in Dreams
Animals almost invariably represent instincts when we meet them in dreams…. Each animal represents a different instinct or, if you prefer it, another aspect of instinct. The Cat, Dog and Horse Lectures, 1954; Page 55 Barbara Hannah Image: Detail of Henri Rousseau’s “The Dream”
Artists about Art: Frida Kahlo
Seven Paintings and Quotations of Frida Kahlo I paint flowers so they will not die. I don’t paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through…