Thank you to mythologist Michael Meade and his fantastic podcast. When I first heard him tell this tale, I knew I’d want to make a film of it. I’ve changed many aspects of the original folktale (from India) but I’ve kept the most important theme – the power of secrets…
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Practicing Symbolic Thinking – Update 2025
Even though I’ve been studying symbolic language my entire life (did I start in the womb?) I always feel like a complete novice when I attempt to speak or write in symbols. Speaking the language of the unconscious (the Objective Psyche) is hard! It is hard because it is a language of what is beyond reason, i.e. what is “irrational.” And so, I keep practicing – I practice when I explore my dreams, when I encounter a fairy tale, or read a sacred text.
Archetypal TV -Thoughts on Severance
Like a fairy tale, the Innies start season one under the spell of Lumon, the company that controls their lives. Then, as the Innies slowly and painfully gain consciousness of their situation, they decide to bring this new consciousness back into their Hell, in order to learn more, especially to learn the truth about Lumon, i.e. who they serve. They are each tethered to a work they do not understand and a strange life into which they were born. Sound familiar?
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Psyches Cinema December 2024 Art and Health
Most everyone smiles when I tell them of my current project. Rumpelstiltskin is a beloved tale. Why? Perhaps the small, magical man lives within us and we recognize his avarice and his loneliness. The powerful archetypes of “spinning” and gold also resonate. I look forward to sharing our discoveries with you!
Questions to Explore “Snow White, Red Rose, and the Little Capitalist.”
Exploring our own inner fairy tale is part of my vision for these films. Here are some questions for reflection. They are great for use individually or in groups. (We’ve found that many additional ideas are generated in groups.) Watch the film here! Part 1 – they meet the Bear…
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Psyches Cinema August 2024 Art and Recovery
I wasn’t able to work. That meant I had more time to work on our latest film, “Snow White, Rose Red, and the Little Capitalist.” I’ve also had time to revisit screenplay projects. It’s been exciting to have uninterrupted time to work on larger narratives. It’ been joyful working on these longer mythic feature scripts alongside the short form filmmaking.
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Update from Psyche’s Cinema – March 2024 – What we’re learning
Turns out that studying theatre is a great preparation for working with dreams and #fairytales. Marie Louise Von Franz outlines fairy tales by listing the dramatis personae, scenes, and peripeteias. I love her structured approach!
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Update from Psyche’s Cinema – February 2024
Time for another update from Psyche’s Cinema – February 2024! Fairy tales in daily life It’s unfortunate and ironic that the word “myth” is associated with falsehood. I learned years ago (from scholar Joseph Campbell) that myths describe the greatest truths in symbol and metaphor. Likewise, wedding magazines use the…
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Fiery Hell – from a depth psychology view
“But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment” Matthew 5:22 In the reading for Friday the First Week of Lent, Jesus sounds like an Old Testament God. Yet, these stories with threats of a fiery hell are medicine for me. The brutal…