C.G. Jung Society, Seattle C.G. Jung Society, SeattleLecture: Friday, May 12, 7 to 9 p.m.
Good Shepherd Center, Room 202, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle
$10 members, $15 nonmembers
“Why then have to be human?
Oh, not because happiness exists,
Nor out of curiosity,
But because being here means so much
Because everything here, vanishing too quickly
Seems to need us, and strangely keeps calling to us.
To have been here once, completely
Even if only once –
This is beyond undoing.”
-----Rainier Maria Rilke
This weekend we will explore how to be fully present to the ordinary moments of our lives; how to share with one another what we notice; and how this process can rejuvenate our spirits while revealing the generous wisdom of the phenomenal world. Within the 'participation mystique' that Rilke describes, our impulse to express our experiences of being in the present moment is as instinctive to us as breathing.
Friday night's lecture is an invitation for participants to see and hear some of these everyday and ordinary, yet awe-inspiring moments that have been revealed to the presenters from their individual practices of "looking and seeing." Susan's focus has taken her into a rich relationship with the natural world, beginning with a healing journey that evolved into an ongoing creative process after the publication of her book in 2003, Healing With Nature. Sharon's practice has focused on daily perceptions that normally remain on the periphery of our awareness. The discarded and the unnoticed are restored to unexpected richness in returning to that moment before we name something, and simply view line, color, texture, and form. Images from both presenters will be offered, as well as prose and poetry, as a way of inspiring participants to awaken their own creative instincts.
Workshop: Saturday, May 13, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Good Shepherd Center, Room 202, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle
$50 members, $60 nonmembers
To learn about preregistering for the course, see Preregistration Policy and Form.
This workshop includes an outdoor experience. The morning will be dedicated to the simplicity of learning how to be in and see our surroundings with fresh vision in a nearby park. Each participant may choose any or all of the modalities for expressing what they discover in these moments through word or image. In the afternoon, we will gather in a circle at the Good Shepherd Center to share our findings and discuss our experiences with one another in the hopes of encouraging the continued flow of the creative spirit, innate in all of us. Materials to bring: digital camera, journal, or sketch pad. Clay and disposable cameras will be available to use.
Susan S. Scott, Ph.D., has been studying and practicing analytical psychology for the past 23 years as a counselor in private practice in Seattle. For the seven years prior to that, she specialized in working as a youth services agency counselor. She has been writing and taking photographs for over thirty years. Publications include photographs, essays, and poetry in the Psychological Perspectives Journal, Quadrant Journal, Dream Network Magazine, Arts In Psychotherapy Journal, Men’s and Women’s Sports and Fitness Magazine, Experience Life Magazine, and Dharma News. The focus of her 1985 dissertation study was, “A Theoretical Examination of the Psychological Archetypes Which Influence Women’s Creativity.”
Sharon Driscoll, MSW, RSW, has been a social worker for 32 years with a practice in analytical psychotherapy. She has also had a longtime meditation practice and has melded these two interests by developing meditation-based programs with a local mental health service: auricular (ear) acupuncture for relaxation, and mindfulness meditation to prevent recurrent depression. In 1999 she co-founded a dragon boat team for women who have had breast cancer, which she also describes as meditation in action. In recent years she has extended her meditation practice through contemplative photography. Her images have been shown in galleries in Bridgewater and Halifax, Nova Scotia and she recently received special recognition for her abstract images in the 6th Annual Abstract Art Competition with the University of Kansas’ Upstream People Gallery.
Updated: 23 April, 2006
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