Creative Anima: The feminine aspect of the psyche as creative muse and gateway to the unconscious. Depicts creative inspiration as feminine presence that steals us from ordinary consciousness into realms of artistic possibility and imaginative transformation. From my new book Breakfast with Jung -  Chapter Five - Anima and Animus

Drunk on Metaphor and Music

The Psyche's Jazz Club uses a smoky dive bar as a metaphor for the human mind, where different aspects of our psychology are musicians jamming together. Drawing on Jungian psychology, the poem presents inner archetypes - the Shadow, anima, wise old man, and hero - as performers in this mental venue.
The central idea is that our psyche operates like improvisational jazz. Each psychological element contributes its own voice: the Shadow plays saxophone, the anima sings, dreams sneak in, and synchronicity provides rhythm. Rather than fighting these different parts of ourselves, the poem suggests embracing this "inner cacophony" and playing our authentic part in the cosmic band of existence.
The poem argues that meaning comes through accepting both harmony and discord within ourselves - finding rhythm in chaos and discovering that our messy inner lives are part of a larger universal pattern.


The Psyche's Jazz Club

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Drunk on Metaphor and Music

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