Tag: jung

• [opinion] Why I Think “The Last of Us: Part II” Will Be Forgotten

  

  Why will The Last of Us: Part II most likely be forgotten? Why should it be forgotten? I think TLOU:P2 lacks the necessary elements to appeal to a universal audience. I haven’t played the first part or the second part, and I don’t intend to because the genre is generally unappealing to me. However, after reading the…

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  July 5, 2020

  culture, gaming, literary critique, literature, thought piece

  devouring mother, jung, psychology, the last of us, the last of us part 2, tyrannical mother, video games

• [random thoughts] Where Do You Hide Your Heart?

  

  Where do you hide your heart? The question always reminds me of Amy Grant’s 1984 track on her hit album Straight Ahead. Her song encouraged us to turn to God during times of distress. It got me thinking about why people do what they do, particularly during times of conflict or stress. Passion and drive,…

  dappled-things

  April 15, 2020

  culture, nonfiction, personal, quote, random writing, thought piece

  charism of virginity, desiring the kingdom, dubay, heart, james ka smith, jung, love, man and his symbols, passion, romantic theology, song of songs, spiritual love, unconscious

• [posting] Carmilla and Laura: Feminine Representation

  

  Setting aside the moral descent and ascent of Alucard in the Hellsing manga series and internal dilemmas of Father Abel in the sci-fi horror manga Trinity Blood, most popular vampire imaginings today often fail to delve into the psychological and spiritual world of the vampire, choosing instead to focus on the human drama or the…

  dappled-things

  May 20, 2018

  literary critique, literature, nonfiction

  archetypes, carmilla, dark feminine, femininity, freud, gothic, gothic literature, heimlich, jung, laura, le fanu, literature, psychology, vampire

• [posting] The Role of Amplification and Active Imagination within Emily Carr’s Works

  

  The Role of Amplification and Active Imagination within Emily Carr’s Works “The scarlet of the maples can shake me like a cry Of bugles going by. And my lonely spirit thrills To see the frosty asters like a smoke upon the hills.” The second verse of Bliss Carman’s poem “A Vagabond’s Song” has always struck…

  dappled-things

  April 6, 2018

  nonfiction, original fiction

  active imagination, amplification, art, art therapy, canada, canadian art, carr, emily carr, jung, mcniff, painting, symbol, symbols, totem, tree, trees