meaning of “stenographic” because they assumed it was just a synonym for “abstracted,” but according to the author of an article titled The Artist and the Analyst: Jackson Pollock’s Stenographic Figure, “the work actually refers to the activity of stenography in its depicting of a female stenographer directed by a male figure.” During his time with his analyst, Pollock experimented with Jungian motifs and reflected upon their meaning to explore psychoanalysis and its correlation to art. According to Jungian theories, “the collective unconscious, like the personal unconscious, influences human behavior. The collective unconscious is deeply ingrained in the minds of all humans and it is considered the most powerful aspect of the psyche.” Jung
