This presentation concentrates on the pictorial elements of the Red Book by C.G. Jung; all images are original and by his own hand.
While these paintings are some of the most fascinating elements of this book, they are also an extraordinary meditation upon a series of spontaneous visions and dreams that Jung experienced, along with the images that arose from his experiments in active imagination upon himself, starting in 1913. They move with the written contents of the Red Book, and so can provide a way of moving into the sometimes daunting and always dense text.
We will explore their possible meanings as well as their relationship to the Spirit of Jung's own historical Times, including the artistic and innovative movements of early modernism. There will be time for audience questions and comments.
Susan Thackrey, Ph.D., is a member and teaching analyst in the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, and is a widely published poet. Her recent essay, Manifesting the Vision: C.G. Jung's Paintings for the Red Book, will be published in Routledge's book of essays from The International Red Book Conference held by the C.G. Jung Institute in 2010.
She is a founder and was the active owner of the Thackrey and Robertson Gallery in San Francisco for many years. She is the author of Empty Gate; George Oppen: A Radical Practice; and Andalusia (in press).
Free admission with donations accepted
BBSE CE $30 fee, 3 hrs credit, checks to IIHS; register at the door
Doors open at 9:30 a.m.
Free parking in Lot A (download campus map)
Donation checks to SSU, memo line Depth Psychology
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