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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,co
17、mbinedwithunconsciousdenialofthefeminineinstinctualprinciple.Therefore,Meadoriscorrectinstatingthat“Thenewcarriersofthisancientwatchonnaturearetheseindividualswhogoallthewaythroughadescenf,(xiii).Wecanjourneynofurtheruntilwedescend.Thisdownwardjourneyisintegratedthroughthegatewaysofmyth,depthpsychol
18、ogy,andcollectiveuniversalpsyche.Thewaysinwhichcivilizationandculturerespectsandorembracescreativepowerauthorizesasanctionedconnectionwiththelengthofthatculture,sshadowaspects.Theunconsciousculturaltranceoftraditionalandtechnologicalmediaordainsasocietalwayoflivingandbeingwhichoftenignoresandsubvert
19、sthedangerousaspectofshadow.ThedarkeraspectsoftheunderworldareclearlymanifestintheexcessiveviolenceinterwovenwithtechnologyinthecontinualcreationofWMDs,andthevideo/onlinegamingandfilmindustries.Extremeviolencecontainsthesimilaractionsofnarcoticdrugs;consciousawarenessisdulledandthepainandterrorofpix
20、ilatedactionsaredisconnectedfromtheactualrealitytheycause.CreativitybeginstomanifestitselfinunconsciousshadowmaterialandamongallclassesOfhumanityandexhibitsitselfthroughthebodiesandpsychesnon-integrisbehavior,manipulations,anddiseasesofthebodyandmind.Humanitythenresidesinthehelloftheshadowofcreation
21、;ahellithasbrougltforthfromtheoncemythicalintotherealmofthereal.Creativityisoftenanorphanofpsychology.Onthejourneyofpersonalmythologyoneofthefirst“strangers“wcmustencounterisourestrangedrelationshipwiththecreativeprocess.Itspresenceremains,evenincontemporarytimes,heldinshadowterritory.Oftentolerated
22、amongstrictlyacademicmindsasanecessaryfolly,ithasbeenpusheddeeperintothecultures1unconsciousshadowmaterialandlurksasthewoundedandhuntedwaitingtobekilled.InTheCouragetoCreate,RolloMayinitiatesapsychologicalinvestigationintohisperceptionsonthetruenatureofcreativityandelicitsthethoughtthatcreativityiss
23、tillastepchildofpsychology,notyetanauthenticfamilymember(34).Hewritesonpsychology,sgeneralavoidanceofthesubjectandthelackofconnectiontothedeeppassionandvisionthatwaitatthegatewayofcreativity.Mayfurtherspeakstothemannerinwhichtheoryinpsychoanalysisanddepthpsychologymisunderstandsthecreative:Butitserr
24、oristhatitdoesnotdealwiththecreativeprocessassuch.Compensatorytrendsinanindividualwillinfluencetheformshisorhercreatingwilltake,buttheydonotexplaintheprocessofcreativityitself.Compensatoryneedsinfluencetheparticularbentordirectionincultureorscience,buttheydonotexplainthecreationofthecultureorscience
25、.(35)Beyondthedarkerunconsciousaspectofthecreative,RolloMayintheCouragetoCreate,feelsthecreativehastheimpetustoriseinbothsaintandrebelbeyonddestruction:Artistsaregenerallysoft-spokenpersonswhoareconcernedwiththeirinnervisionsandimages.Butthatiswhatpreciselymakesthemfearedbyanycoercivesociety.Forthey
26、arethebearersofthehumanbeing,sage-oldcapacitytobeinsurgent.Foreverunsatisfiedwiththemundane,theapathetic,theconventional,theyalwayspushontonewerworlds.Thustheyarethecreatorsofthefctuncreatedconscienceoftherace.”(28)Thisquoteamplifiesmytheorythattheshadowaspectofcreativitymustnotbeignoredorsplitoff;b
27、utre-integrated.Theimportanceofthisresponsibilityisparamountincreatingthepathwayfortheascensionoftheartistintotherolesofsocialconsciousnessandglobalpeacemaker.Thecreativespeaks:thisismyworldandthetotalityoftheartifactsIleavebehind.IncreativityIhavefoundnotonlytheconceptionoftheA-bombbuttheimaginatio
28、ntodeconstructandintegrateitsviolence.Creativityformeisa“both/andratherthanan4fceitherof,phenomenon.Ascreationanddestructionappeartobeengagedinasymbioticunconsciousrelationship,ofequalimportancetotheresearchonHiroshimaanditsaftermatharetheartistsandartcritics,perspectivesonthe“creative.”Fromadepthps
29、ychologicalperspectivetheBombbearswitnesstoevolvingarchetypalthemes.C.G.Jungnamedtheinvisibleforcesofuniversalthematicmotifs,myths,andthemanyfacesoftheGod(s),withtheterm“archetypes.AccordingtoJung,thearchetypesareunknowabletoconsciousnessandexistonlyinunconsciousorpsychoidrealms(Memories,Dreams,Refl
30、ections392-93).We,ashumanaspectsofpsyche,canwitnessthetangibleeffectsoftheinvisiblearchetypesthroughactsofcreativity,violence,andarchetypalpossession”ordominanceofaperson,place,thing,orcountry.Iunderstandthesearchetypalforcesasmeridiansoftheimaginal,linesofenergy,thought,andpower,whichmoveoninvisibl
31、egridsthroughboththeinternalandexternallandscapesofallspeciesandenvironments.Invisiblethreads,meridiansoftheimaginalarepointsofenergyflow,notunlikeconceptsfromtraditionalChinesemedicine,whichatitscore,believesenergyflowsinrelationtotheelementsofnatureinspecificplacementwithlinesonthehumanbodyandland
32、scapeoftheplanet.Sotoodoourpowersofcreativity,chaos,anddeepestviolenceliewithinthelandscapeofrealandimaginedmeridiansofindividualpsycheandcollectiveunconscious.Atthispointinhistory,ourmeridiansarecastwiththeshadowaspectofthecreativeprocessinconcertwiththerawintensityoffear.Fearandbattleinstinctsliei
33、nwaitintheinternalinstinctualshadowhouseofourlonging.Notyetintegrated,thishousekeepstheunimaginedworldcontinuallyblind,obscuringourauthenticvisionnottaintedbythepathofhistory.Whatwefearmostwhencreativity,sshadowremainsabsent,buried,orunacknowledgedistheexchangeofideas,ofphilosophiesandimages.TheInhe
34、ritedWound.Template:AscentandReconciliationoftheWound.Thefilmproduction,whichaccompaniesthispaper,dealswithhistorical,mythopoeticandpersonalaspectsoftheAtomicBombingofHiroshimaandhowIinheritedmyfather,swoundandwasexposedtohorrificimagesOfHiroshimafromearlychildhood.Thewoundofmyfatherwasdeeplyimbedde
35、dinmypsyche.Myjourneyandstruggleistocreativelyhealandmovebeyondmyinheritedwound.Oneofthevariedwayshealingcanoccuristhroughenantiodromia,definedbyJungasaprocess:theconversionofoneextremeintoitsopposite(CW1111).Theterriblegiftsofcreativitysshadowperformaspassagewaysilluminatingthisconversionprocess.An
36、otherfactorinhealingandcomingtotermswiththeinheritedarchetypalforcesofcreationanddestructioninmyownlifeoccurredwhenImadeapilgrimagetoHiroshima.IworkedinconjunctionwiththeembassyofJapaninWashingtonD.C.toreturnaflagmyFatherhadtakenfromadeadJapanesesoldierinHiroshima.InlateJulyof2000,1receivedpermissio
37、nfromTokyotoreturntheflagtotheGovernmentOfficeoftheWarVictimsReliefBuildinglocatedintheMinistryofHealthandWelfareinChiyoda-Ku,Tokyo.Afterreturningtheflag,IjourneyedtoHiroshimaforthe55thanniversaryofthebombing.MypersonalmythologyismergedwithHiroshima.IgrewupwithimagesofHiroshima.Asanartistandtheoldes
38、tchildoffourinthefamily,Iwitnessedthepowerofimagesmyfathercarriedinhispsycheandinhisimagination.Throughmyfathersjourneyandhisstories,IinheritedthelegacyOfHiroshima.Forthehumanracetocollectivelymovebeyondtheexternal4roundzero,“eachpersonmustencounterandowntheinternalgroundzeroofherinnercoreshadow.Ton
39、eglecttodosoistosealafateofdestructionlurkingonlyinthedepthsofimagination.Wemustentertherealterrorofthenuclearageandembracewhatpartofuscreateditandwhatpartofuscantransformwhatcanneverbetakenback.IhavefoundconsciouskinshipinauthorMichaelPerlman,sbookHiroshimaForever:TheEcologyofMourning.Perlmanviewsa
40、ndamplifiesthehorrorsOfHiroshimathroughaperspectiveofdepthpsychology,whichbearswitnesstoourinherentnatureofuseeingthrough.,Itallowsustoengagewiththeauthenticbonesoftwoofthegreatestactsofterrorismperpetratedontheplanet:theAtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaandNagasaki.Mergingmultifacetedlayersofconsciousness,t
41、hetextattemptstomapthelineageofactualeventsinconcertwithstagesofmourningforthedeadanddying.Perlmanteachesustothinkliketheplaceitself.ThatistothinklikeHiroshimaandAsanoPark,aplaceofsanctuarytowhichmanyJapanesefledthedayofAugust6,1945.Acknowledgingthatnature,spresencehasnotonlyvoicebutalsodepthandcons
42、ciousthoughtprocess,Pcrlman,surgentmessageentwinesthebearerofA-bombdeathwiththedemiseofmoral,integral,andplanetaryecology.Ifoundhisinsightstobringpivotalperspectiveintotheevolutionofthecollectivepsycheregardingtheshardsofconsciousnessreleasedbythebombing.America,whichlinkedtheworldtothehorroroftheA-
43、bomb,offersgenerationsthemushroomcloudofdeathasaniconofourprojectedapocalypticfate.TheworldriseseachmorningspunonthefateofamonotheisticculturalmythologyandtherefusaltolookatthedarkfaceofGod.CouldthefaceofGodbeinthebomb?Withthisinmind,JimGarrison,stext,TheDarknessofGod:TheOIOgyafterHiroshima,punctuat
44、estheurgentneedtolookagainatthedarkshadowaspectofGod,sauthenticface.IwasintroducedtoGarrisonsworkthroughacompilationofpsychologicalessaysinthetext,HumanSuvivalandConsciousnessEvolutionyeditedbyStanislavGrofTwoessaysintheGroftextaugmentmytheory.OneofthemisGarrisonsTheDarknessofGod:TheologyafterHirosh
45、ima,inwhichhedealswiththetheologicalquestionofChristianityindenialofthematterofatomicwarfare.Hechallengesthatinheriteddoctrinesofthepastdonotallowforadevelopinggod-conscienceandthattheinstitutionofthechurchoffers“noconceptualframeworkfromwithintointerprettheexperienceOfHiroshimaanditsaftermath(3).He
46、suggeststhatbothhumanityanddivinityareinneedofnewconceptualizationstodealwithandcontaintheinherentdestructivenessofWMD.Garrison,sheavyChristianand“depth“overtonesconcludeinhisfinalchapter:4HiroshimaasGatewaytoChristCrucified.HerehecomparestheincarnatelightsideofGodsimageofttheChrisf,withtheappearanc
47、eofthe“wrathfillLambofGod“ofJohn,sprophesiedapocalyptictextintertwinedwiththecreationofandimagesofthedeathwieldingyetnuminousAtomicBomb.Thesecondessayis“OnGettingtoKnowOne,sInnerEnemy:TransformationalPerspectivesontheConflictofGoodandEvil,“byRalphMetzner.Metzner,sessaybringstoconsciousnessthedehuman
48、izingactionswhichmusttakeplaceinanindividuaspsychologybeforeonecankillthe“other,“whoisknowntoholdashadowprojectionofourveryselves.BothessaysareinfluentialandrunparallelwithmyownintersectionofthoughtregardingtheA-bombandthedualitiesofcreativityandviolenceindivinity(thedivine)andactofcreationitreprese
49、nts.New-ClearVision:APromiseofArchetypalEvolutionandaCommitmenttoReconciliationandInnerDisarmamentFromnowon,inordertodelighttheTathagataIShalISerVetheuniverseanddefinitelycease(tocauseharm).Althoughmanybeingsmaykickandstampuponmyhead,Evenattheriskofdying,mayIdelighttheProtectorsoftheWorldbynotretaliating.(Shantidcva,quotedinHealingAnger,116)InMemoriesDreamsReflections,C.G.Jungwritesofthehierosgamos,themetaphoricalsacredinternalmarriageofthemasculineandthefe
