Indivim-kara: An Exploration of Ego and the Archetypes in Art

expressions. As Carl Jung has stated, “...these (types of thinkers) create theories for their own sake, apparently with an eye to real or at least possible facts, but ultimately produce images which no longer express anything externally real, being mere symbols of the ineffable and unknowable” (238239, Jung). Taking this thought further I intend that the images I create have meaning, but not in any concrete way. Furthermore, any effort made to ‘know’ the art would be a fruitless endeavor. The presumption to articulate the imagery under a certain, defined label would also come into direct contest with the principles behind ahamkara. For these reasons, I was drawn to the scholarly ideas behind magical realism, in which I could maintain the art making process as an active meditation to subvert ego while also creating a new subjective reality. To that end, a clear distinction needs to be addressed when defining and redefining the term magical realism. In the literary tradition, magical realism is used as a social realist mechanism, disguising real issues and hardships of everyday life. “It is a distinctive form of fiction that aims to produce the experience of a non-objective worldview. In the world of magic realism, the narrator speaks of the surreal so naturally it becomes real. Its literary and artistic applications are aimed at re-imagining the world and its reality. It is not an escapist venture but