Instructor: Max McDowell
Jung Foundation, New York City: begins Wednesday, September 29th, 6.30 pm (Five weeks)
Active imagination helps us to talk with the unconscious: it requires a confrontation between two distinct agents in the psyche. The unconscious produces images; consciousness responds to these images with feeling and tries to understand their meaning. Painting allows us to express vivid, unconscious images.
Prepare for the first class by reading descriptions of active imagination by Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz (on this web site: see menu). In the first class we will discuss these articles.
In the next four classes we will work with paints and explore the resulting images. If you have never used paints since grade school, so much the better!
Note: Fee for materials: add $10 to tuition fee.