Carl Jung is a Swedish philosopher psychologist artist and author. He dedicated his life to the spiritual endeavour of reaching the mind’s full potential and accessing the subconscious mind through many meditative activities. One process Jung taught was the process of active imagination – a process in which the artist gets themselves into an almost hypnotic state in order to gain access to the subconscious mind and to give it a platform on which to create. He worked with many clients, most famously Mrs X, who with little to no experience in creating, began a series of intricate paintings that almost tell a story of outer conflict transforming to inner tranquillity. I think that the process of Active imagination as a catalyst for self-discovery through communication of the subconscious mind through art is a very interesting concept.
