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1、HiroshimaCreativity,sDarkSide:OwningtheFullFaceoftheGodsAwakeningPersonalMythologythrouglArtAccompaniedbyaFilmProductionPieceByCatherineFirpo,Ph.D.Whoeverfightsmonstersshouldsectoitthatintheprocesshedoesnotbecomeamonster.一FriedrichNietzscheThenuminousoccursthemomentweknowwearepartofsomethinggreatert

2、hanourselves.Variousperspectivesoftruthproclaimthequalityofnuminousexperience.TheonetruthIknowinmyintimaterelationshipandexplorationofboththeinherentdarknessandlightofthecreativeprocessisthis:everything,everythingthatisburiedresurfaces.Digjustbeneaththesomaofshatteredlifetorevealthebonesofexistencea

3、nddestiny.Myth,mythology,mythopocsis,anddepthpsychologyfleshoutthebonesofadepartedabsentcreativitywaitingimpatientlytobediscovered,re-imagined,loved,andregeneratedbackintoexistence.Thisprocessemploysanarchetypallensandlanguagethroughtheperspectivesofmythologyanddepthpsychologytoviewtherangeofthehigh

4、esttothemostterrifyingdepthofcreativity,sshadowintheindividualandcollectivepsycheasitexistsintheAtomicBombingofHiroshima,Japan.Theoftenignoredshadowaspectofcreativitywillbeexploredthroughthefollowingtemplates:descentintothecreativeprocess;ascent:survivingtheunderworldofthecreative;andregeneration:th

5、ereturntotheworldaboveorcurrentglobalculturaltimesbringingpatternsofrebirth.ThispaperconfrontsthedarkaspectsinallofusandthenecessaryjourneyWeallmusttaketoacknowledgeourownshadows.Untilwedo,athousandSeptember11lhswilloccurinathousanddifferentways.HiroshimaandSeptember11thcontainaspectsofthesamedynami

6、ctensionfoundinviolent,supposedlyredeemingacts.IfcollectivelywedonotproceedwithconsciousnessweriskinitiatingtheblindnessrerredtobyMahatmaGandhiwhenhesaid:uAneyeforaneyemakesthewholeworldblind.WhatIproposeisaparadigmshiftinconsciousnesswithregardtotherelationshipconnectingviolenceandcreativity.Ioffer

7、adifferentperspectiveonviolenceassubvertedcreativity.Thereisaninescapablelinkbetweenthecreativeandthedestructivemomentinhumanexperience.Atthemomentofchoicebetweenthetwo,eachofusstandsatthethresholdoftheunknown.Eachchoicewemakepropelsus,ourcommunitas,ourcollectiveuniversalpsyche,intohiddendimensionso

8、funconsciousrealitydesiringconsciousness.Theshiftofconsciousnessinthepsychearisesfromthedynamictensionofchoosingeitherpathwayofcreativity:creationordestruction.UnforeseeninthesechoicesarethemultipleIiminaldimensionswhichawaitusatthecreative/destructivegateways.Thesechoiceswemustmakeagainandagainoure

9、ntirelifetimebecausetheyareaspectsofinitiationandmirrortheproverbsofhistoryandmyth.TheyarethejuicewefeeduponandthephysicalandIiminalgritWebuildsoulstructurewith.Weliveindifficultpost-9/11times.Weliveinaterritoryofvanishedillusionsandrawreality.Americansarefinallyconsciousoftheterroroftheatomic/nucle

10、arbomb.Hiddeninthelongstillsilosbeneaththeearth,theA-bomb,schildrenwhispertous:uWhyisHiroshimanevershownasoneoftheworldsgreatesthorrors?BecauseitisAmericanborn.,Ourorphan,thehorrificallyconceivedchildoftheatom,waitsforustotakehimhome,tolovehim,andtointegratehispresenceintotheAmericanpsyche.However,t

11、herampartsofdenialarestrong,andwithinapostmodernera,thedesiretodeconstructanyforce,tangibleorintangible,isasprevalentastheairwebreathe.Creativityitselfhasbeendeconstructedandreconstructedonaframeworkofmetaphoricalstages,revisioningandrebuildingourconceptofreality.Thechoiceofactionbetweenthecreativeo

12、rdestructivemomentontheplanetiscriticaltoday.Asthestageissetforeitherforcetoarrivefullyandexplosively,sodoesrealityawakentotheDoomsdayClocksnuclearmidnight.Intruth,ifwecannotletgoofourattachmentstothemythologiesofwar,creativity,andthepowerfulhorrificbeautyoftheexecutionofweaponry,wewillnevershiftthe

13、paradigmwhichremainsinexistencewithinthedeeperStrata-Ianguageofpsyche.Wemustmovebeyondthelimitationsofthewordpeace.Overused,itsenergyislimitedbythelackofimaginationtoevolvebeyondit.Sinisterprojectionsoffearandterrorwieldpowerandcreateaclimateofinsatiabledesireformaximumforce,thesolutionistoacknowled

14、getheoftenignoredordisownedaspectofcreativity:itsshadowside.Template:Descent-Creativity,sDescentDescentintotheshadowsideofthecreativeprocessisnecessaryforthecontinuedevolutionofforms,symbols,andicons.Wemustdescend.JungiananalystBettyMeador,inherbookUncursingtheDark,dealswitharchetypalpatternsofdesce

15、ntandassertsthatdescentisnecessaryandexistsinnatelyinthebodyofthefeminine.Shestatesinherchapter,tAttheBottom:“Thepsychepullsforustofallallthewaytothebottom.Atthebottomwemeetourselvesstrippedbarewithnothingleftbutourmereexistence.Thisconditionofelementalrealitybumsintoourconsciousness.Wereturntotheup

16、perworldbearingtheimprintinourbones.Thenewcarriersofthisancientwatchonnaturearetheseindividualswhogoallthewaythroughadescent(xiii).Noonewhohasenduredadescentwillevertreatlightlythesufferingitdemands.(45)Meador,sworkhelpsillustratehowtheA-bombliesinwaitintheshadowofasubvertedperceptionofcreativity,combinedwithunconsciousdenialofthefeminineinstinctualprinciple.Therefore,Meadoriscorrectinstatingthat“Thenewcarriersofthisancientwatchonnaturearetheseindividualswhog