Jung
at heart
NO FEAR’s conceptual framework and methodology for Experiential Arts and Learning (EA&L) applies psychiatrist Carl Jung’s theoretical framework of the individuation process, to arts and arts education systems as they’ve developed in westernized societies to date.
We relate Jung’s “dual personalities” theory to what NO FEAR calls the “Science” and “Soul” of artmaking. “Personality No. 1” being synonymous with the “Science” of artmaking, lives in the head and is driven by intellectual pursuits of progress including the acquisition of artistic knowledge, theories, instruments, technical methods of production and presentation, and more.
“Personality No. 2” on the other hand, synonymous with the “Soul” of artmaking, alternatively lives in the heart and instinctually tunes into participants’ intrinsic meanings and purposes for experiencing art.
Finally, we relate Jung’s concept of the fully individuated “Self” to the “Spirit” of artmaking, being the ancient and universal force that manifests itself when “Science” and “Soul” are integrated and in balance.
At the heart of his life’s work, Jung believed individuation to be a process of psychic renewal that can restore balance between conscious and unconscious forces of the psyche and bring out our truest and most authentic “Self” within.
Accordingly, NO FEAR believes the individuation process can restore balance between the “Science” and “Soul” of artmaking, and through that process, renew the ancient and universal “Spirit” of artmaking which has served to connect, reflect, and relate human experiences for hundreds of thousands of years.