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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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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...
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When I take my inner life seriously, it begins to resemble the architecture of a fairy tale.
Arthur Rackham - The Water of Life
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The power of stories lies in their ability to access the deep layers of the psyche, providing a mirror to our inner world. – Marie-Louise See more
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Turns out that studying theatre was a great preparation for working with dreams and #fairytales . Marie Louise Von Franz outlines fairy tales by listing See more
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Still time to join! Wonderful (and affordable!) online February "Natural Spirituality Conference." I'll be sharing a wonderful process for exploring the fairy tale, "The Girl See more
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Thoughts on the Girl Without Hands (Part 2 of 3)
psychescinema.com/brothers-grimm-the-girl-without-hands-part-2/
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This wonderful quote from Marie Louise Von Franz is helping me as I work through exploring the fairy tale - "The Girl Without Hands." “Jung See more
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A great reminder that the myth of Hades and Persephone is always happening and we can see it happening in our own lives and the See more
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I've been exploring the depth psychology of the fairy tale, The Girl Without Hands. It is a powerful tale with containing soul medicine. psychescinema.com/the-girl-without-hands-fairy-tale-medicine/ See more
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Marie Louise Von Franz inspired this film. Happy to see it invited to a festival in the Chicago area!
Psyche's cinema - short films
Wonderful (and affordable!) online February "Natural Spirituality Conference." I'll be sharing a wonderful process for exploring the fairy tale, "The Girl Without Hands." This gathering See more
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Blog post with spoilers!
The Archetypal Film "One Battle After Another"
The Archetypal film "One Battle After Another"
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The Moon, from Guido Bonatti Liber Astronomiae 1550 #FolkloreSunday
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In The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World, Lewis Hyde says, “There is no technology, no time-saving device that can alter the See more
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Personification of the Moon ca 860
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Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night sailed off in a wooden shoe — Sailed on a river of crystal light, into a sea of dew. See more
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