Dream art

How do we avoid the uncanny becoming just another clichéd trope on the methodological menu? How might we revise ideas concerning the uncanny and explore what it means to us as Fine Art practitioners, keeping in mind ontological ambiguity? Freud described the uncanny as the class of frightening things that leads us back to what is known and familiar (Freud, 1919). Previously Jentsch concluded that the uncanny was a fear of the familiar based on intellectual uncertainty (Jentsch, 1906). The…

According to Carl Jung in his essay, Psychology and Literature, “psychology being the study of psychic processes can be brought to bear upon the study of literature, for it is the human psyche from which sciences and arts originate”(Ross). These lines clearly hint that literature and psychology are very much related to each other. Literature deals with the deeper aspects of human life that can be analyzed through psychoanalysis (Freud 11). Literature is the product of mind and Psychology is the…

Oedipal complex, Myth, Id, Ego and Superego, symbols, defense mechanisms, dream, condensation and displacement, aggression and guilt have been discussed with practical examples. Let’s explore each psychoanalytical component: A) Unconscious: The paramount important feature in psychoanalytic theory is the concept of the unconscious. Freud denotes in his essay “Psychoanalysis” (1963): “It was a triumph for the interpretative art of psychoanalysis when it succeeded in demonstrating that certain…

In my dreams, I am a different person than who I am in real life. I can fly, swim for hours without needing a breath of air, and sing as loud as I can. I can see the world in millions of bright colors, smell the most delightful smells, and feel comfortable on any surface. I have never been one to have my report cards hung on the refrigerator for the whole household to see and I grew up thinking I was not smart or worthy of appreciation because I was not good at taking tests or turning in…

degree that wouldn 't bore me to death, and I figured, "A class about dreams has to be at least somewhat interesting, right?" So I signed up expecting nothing more than to learn a few facts, and get through my last semester at Lakeland. However, I quickly learned…

Forrester. Knowing that the necklace was all paid off, she saw no harm in telling Mrs. Forrester what had happened. With much surprise, Mrs. Forrester laughed and said that her necklace was only costume jewelry. This means that Mathilde gave up everything she had in order to pay off something that never existed. It was an allusion just like the entire life would be. The author themes this story very well, he told about a woman who wanted what she could never have, never realizing that what she…

When it comes to dream interpretation the first to come to mind is usually the well-known Mr. Sigmund Freud. Freud created that stepping stone regarding the hidden meaning of dreams. A supporter of his for some time, Carl Jung used the fundamentals presented by Freud to create his own psychological theory of the unconscious. He used the same structured concept of Freud’s unconscious principle but named it the personal unconscious. One of his novel ideas however, was the collective unconscious…

First, Santiago’s fear of failing to achieve his dream in the future causes him to be more reluctant in proceeding with his journey. During the journey Santiago’s heart “began to speak of fear. It told him stories it had heard from the Soul of the World, stories of men who sought to find their treasure and never succeeded. Sometimes it frightened the boy with the idea that he might not find his treasure” (Coelho 144). The fear of not being successful in a journey, backed up by stories of…

(502). Throughout Wuthnow?s essay, he states that Americans are complaining about working too much and not having enough time to relax; for those reasons, I believe that spare time is a crucial part of my American Dream. Most people who spend a majority of their day working are not truly happy; they wish they had just a little more time to relax and be with their spouses and children. It seems as if now more than ever we have less time to relax: ?Despite the fact that leisure time is less…

wearing shirts and sweaters from the bookstore. It was dark outside even though the sun should have been out since I was going to class and doing things that I would normally always do during the day. There were lots of different characters in my dream, most of them were in my class. I do not remember what subject the class was about but I remember it was taking place in an auditorium type of room. My classmates in my all sounded similarly and their faces where unrecognizable, I could not…