Carl Jung and The Collective Unconscious

Carl Jung, pioneer psychoanalyst and visionary, brought the less tangible aspect of symbol and myth into the realm of the psyche (as if the psyche was ever tangible).

It struck me, as I got farther and farther into his writings, that we are creatures of metaphor.  We see even the most common objects in our environment as symbolic, having greater meaning than the mere physical.

This applies to found objects.  The reason why any artist selects materials and subject matter transcends the physical requirements of the work.  To artists, color, form, texture, sound, light are used to evoke emotion and induce experience.  We work in the physical world and reach out in the ephemeral.

Enough said.