Activity Four
Brushes Jenns’ Sanity http://jennssanity.blogspot.com/
The Collective Unconscious
It is a place where all souls are connected and have been through
the ages. These are the archetypes you find contained in stories,
myths, legends, and prototypes.
Jung believed this collective unconscious was inherited rather than
developed. It is a kind of knowledge we are born with – a container
of our experiences as the whole human race. The contents of this
container come from the dominants, imagos, mythological or primordial
images.
pg. 109 ~Sacred Contracts~ by Caroline Myss
‘ … archetypes have their own origins in the dawn of human history.
The psyche is not of today … its ancestry goes back many millions
of years. Individual consciousness is only the flower and the fruit of
a season, sprung from the perennial rhizome beneath the earth …’
‘ … the collective unconscious, which is distinct from the individual
unconscious …’
We had briefly touched on the subject of the collective unconscious in
the last activity and I felt it very important to give it some attention
or a place of its own while exploring archetypes.
For the artist part of the activity I would suggest a collage with your
personal interpretation of what the collective unconscious could resemble.
At the top of this activity is a collage I did a few years back. The
collage itself was very plain and I wanted something that spoke of minds
being together in one place and yet retain an ancient look of all time. I
found some ancient map brushes that are easily applied to any artwork from
adobe photoshop elements – a wonderful affordable image program. The brushes
were free and downloadable at:
Jenns’ Sanity
http://jennssanity.blogspot.com/
is where I downloaded the brushes – she appears to be revamping her site. But have a look as it is an interesting place. I have a link below that works for other brushes. Also try a search – you will find many.
There are many places / artists that give free brushes for downloading for a link back.
Personally, I use them very often and have found no problems with the download.
I just HAVE to find some time to come and do some work here Patricia. This piece of work is stunning. Thanks so much for everything you are doing here.
This activity really stirred happy memories for me, as I explain in my post. Thank you so much for including the Clown in the archetypes. I have always seen myself as one of life’s clowns, always trying to get a laugh – no matter how rueful – out of most situations. Not alwais appropriate of course – and there are times when even my laughter can’t be heard. The laughter of a clown often dopes hide a broken heart, just as the opera says.