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Exploring Jungian Psychology Through Short Films. (Formally Lauralewisbarrfilms.com) LAUGH!
Join us to explore psychology, spirituality, and innerwork — through fairytales, mythology, storytelling and homemade stop motion films!
We love the work of Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, Michael Meade, Marie Louise Von Franz, Edward Edinger, Helen Luke….
Thoughtful films, made with love.
I’m Laura Lewis-Barr, an award-winning stop-motion filmmaker and educator.
My focus is on animating fairy tales and mythic stories for personal and collective transformation.
I make my micro budget films in my basement in Chicago.
Fairy tales are the simplest and purest expressions of the collective unconscious and thus offer the clearest understanding of the basic patterns of the human psyche. -Marie Louise Von Franz
Practicing symbolic thinking is often (in Edward Edinger’s words) a “defeat for the ego.” Continuing to practice is important, as well as being willing to “not know or understand.” Our films are one way that we practice learning the language of the unconscious. This is the language of dreams, myths, fairy tales, art, scripture, and synchronicities.
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Psyche's cinema - short films
The original Grimm Brothers' tale of The Three Languages was written about a son and his demanding father. When I sat down to adapt it See more
Psyche's cinema - short films
Because the kind of fairy tale that expresses collective structures touch emotions more deeply, it stays better in one's memory. Also, this happens naturally in See more
Psyche's cinema - short films
The fairytale’s typically supernatural world can be regarded as the best possible metaphor for the actual arena of psychic happening which we confront within ourselves See more
Psyche's cinema - short films
Excited! Nice to be an official selection.
Psyche's cinema - short films
David L Hart studied with Marie Louise Von Franz. I love his little book filled with wisdom. "Fairytales have been told, retold and handed down See more
Psyche's cinema - short films
Quote from the wonderful Erich Fromm. "If it is true that the ability to be puzzled is the beginning of wisdom, then this truth is See more
Psyche's cinema - short films
Artists are magical helpers. Evoking symbols and motifs that connect us to our deeper selves, they can help us along the heroic journey of our See more
Psyche's cinema - short films
Poem 18 – March 4, 2026
Psyche's cinema - short films
From my "write one poem a day" series - Poem 13.
Poem 13 – 2/25/26
Psyche's cinema - short films
Psyche's cinema - short films
I (Laura) have been studying fairy tales for a long time. During a recent podcast session (The Laughing Mystices), I suddenly wondered (thinking of the See more
Psyche's cinema - short films
“Creativity is the longest standing habit of the universe” (Matthew Fox)
Still from Laura's film, The Two Travelers.
Psyche's cinema - short films
Practicing symbolic language - Poetry!
poemsbylauralb.substack.com/p/a-moment-of-goodness
Psyche's cinema - short films
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
Maya Angelou Art - Mercado Medieval de Villena
Psyche's cinema - short films
This is the extraordinary thing about #creativity : If just you keep your mind resting against the subject in a friendly but persistent way, sooner See more
Psyche's cinema - short films
For those curious about Laura's work with her fairy tale films, this is a fun listen.
Episode 55 - Classic Lore in Modern Garb - Folkloring
Welcome to the Folkloring Podcast. In this episode I discuss modern adaptations of classic tales with Laura Lewis-Barr. Laura is an award-winning writer, filmmaker, and educator. Her focus is on animating fairy tales and mythic storie...
So excited for this! I love your work. I have my own doll.collection now too.
Thank you! Excited to hear about your dolls and your work with them. Thanks for the comment. xoxo