Below are some spontaneous thoughts on the Grimm version of the fairy tale, The Girl Without Hands. I’m finding the tale very therapeutic right now. This is not a definitive analysis. I’m approaching the text like a dream and my reactions are dream-like, alternating between treating this tale as parts…
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Brothers Grimm – The Girl Without Hands – Part 2
Below are some spontaneous thoughts on the Grimm version of the fairy tale, The Girl Without Hands. I’m finding the tale very therapeutic right now. This is not a definitive analysis. I’m approaching the text like a dream and my reactions are dream-like, alternating between treating this tale as parts…
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The Girl Without Hands – Fairy Tale Medicine
Below are some spontaneous thoughts on the Grimm version of the fairy tale, The Girl Without Hands. I’m finding the tale very therapeutic right now. This is not a definitive analysis. I’m approaching the text like a dream and my reactions are dream-like, alternating between treating this tale as parts…
A film about secrets – exploring “The Telling Tale”
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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Von Franz and the joke story
I’ve been re-reading, MLVF’s “Archetypal Patterns in Fairy Tales.” Like most of her books, this is a transcribed lecture filled with insights gleaned from decades of analytical work—both on herself and for her patients. Von Franz and the joke story. One chapter explored the Grimm tale, “The Straw, the Coal…