The creative process, so far ...

The creative process, so far as we are able to follow it at all, consists in the unconscious activation of an archetypal image and elaborating and shaping the image into the finished work. By giving it shape, the artist translates it into the language of the present and so makes it possible for us to find our way back to the deepest springs of life.
The creative process, so far as we are able to follow it at all, consists in the unconscious activation of an archetypal image and elaborating and shaping the image into the finished work. By giving it shape, the artist translates it into the language of the present and so makes it possible for us to find our way back to the deepest springs of life.

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The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.
Who looks outside, dreams, who looks inside, awakes.
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people.
Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a better understanding of ourselves.