Stylized theatre

 

I studied Asian theatre forms in my grad school. Loved these amazing and powerful styles! 

Some viewers of my films have noted the influence -- seen in the stillness of postures and mask-like faces of the dolls. 

(Noh mask 18 c.)

Animals in fairy tales.

Our current film is the Grimm tale, The Two Travelers. In it many creatures help the hero (duck, stork, bee, horse) Here two crows offer guidance. Marie Louise Von Franz offers a wonderful analysis in "Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales."

The Psychology of a #Fairytale

The archetypal journey of the hero begins in many different forms, always with a kind of secret, unconscious knowledge which the hero him/herself doesn’t know she possesses. David Hart, The Psychology of a #Fairytale Relief of Inanna/Ishtar

The archetypal journey

The archetypal journey of the hero begins in many different forms, always with a kind of secret, unconscious knowledge which the hero himself doesn’t know he possesses.

David Hart, The Psychology of a Fairy Tale 

#Jungian David Hart The Psychology of a Fairy Tale

 Like the alchemical vessel which contains all the opposites within itself, the #fairytale is a vessel of transformation.

#Jungian David Hart The Psychology of a Fairy Tale