Joanne, when this report first came out on Facebook, I thought it was a joke from The Onion. Personally, I am one of those caught between worlds because my brothers and dad were avid hunters when I was growing up, and now my three brothers are in the military and regularly have guns around my family. I really appreciate Craig's article on Huff Post that he shared here because it's absolutely one of those topics we have to look at mythologically or nothing will ever change.
Much like you, I am still at a loss to articulate what this incident means to me. I do have some wonderings about contemporary stories that are shared among us as entertainment which promote the mythology of bullets (as Pacifica professor Glen Slater calls it), like vast popularity of The Hunger Games movies and books which essentially have turned children bearing weapons and murdering each into somewhat family friendly fare.
This situation is different in many ways, of course, but if you have a chance, you may be interested in an interview I did with Glen after the Sandy Hook shooting. There's a link to it in a blogpost I did here.
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Joanne Martin > Bonnie BrightAugust 28, 2014 at 3:47pm
Thank you, Bonnie. I enjoyed both the blog and the interview. I appreciate understanding this from a deeper cultural understanding,, and from the Jungian/archetypal perspective. It helps me to at least put it into some contextual understanding, which eases the confusion somewhat. Many thanks for sharing.
Joanne Martin > Craig Chalquist, PhDAugust 28, 2014 at 2:01pm
Thanks for this. It is one of the reasons I look for ways to work with clients without "pathologizing" them. So many don't seek help because of the stigma of "mental illness". But they suffer anxiety and depression, a sense of meaninglessness. I tell them, "It's not you who is crazy. It's the world."
"Burgers and Bullets"? "Family Fun"? It's incredible.
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Joanne, when this report first came out on Facebook, I thought it was a joke from The Onion. Personally, I am one of those caught between worlds because my brothers and dad were avid hunters when I was growing up, and now my three brothers are in the military and regularly have guns around my family. I really appreciate Craig's article on Huff Post that he shared here because it's absolutely one of those topics we have to look at mythologically or nothing will ever change.
Much like you, I am still at a loss to articulate what this incident means to me. I do have some wonderings about contemporary stories that are shared among us as entertainment which promote the mythology of bullets (as Pacifica professor Glen Slater calls it), like vast popularity of The Hunger Games movies and books which essentially have turned children bearing weapons and murdering each into somewhat family friendly fare.
This situation is different in many ways, of course, but if you have a chance, you may be interested in an interview I did with Glen after the Sandy Hook shooting. There's a link to it in a blogpost I did here.
Thank you, Bonnie. I enjoyed both the blog and the interview. I appreciate understanding this from a deeper cultural understanding,, and from the Jungian/archetypal perspective. It helps me to at least put it into some contextual understanding, which eases the confusion somewhat. Many thanks for sharing.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-chalquist-phd/ucsb-shooting-cul...
Thanks for this. It is one of the reasons I look for ways to work with clients without "pathologizing" them. So many don't seek help because of the stigma of "mental illness". But they suffer anxiety and depression, a sense of meaninglessness. I tell them, "It's not you who is crazy. It's the world."
"Burgers and Bullets"? "Family Fun"? It's incredible.