Shannon McCarthy
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Thank you, Manuela, Bob, Peter, Christina, and Forest. I’m glad for the space we had together!
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Hi Matt!
I was excited to see your post with an Alex Grey painting. I like to go see him at the Chapel of the Sacred Mirrors in New York. And he makes the images for Tool! Yes I agree their work is incredible. Schism is my favorite!
Maynard, because he is a creative genius, has to know well how to move out of black and white thinking and into the surety of the human experience. I agree that the lyrics you shared convey it so beautifully.
It sounds like the journey of the westernized adult to me, as opposed to the childhood to adulthood journey. There’s a little joke about how three year olds are all “little philosophers” because they ask such extraordinary questions. I spend time with 3-5 year olds each weekend, and they stun me with the depth and nuance of their thoughts.
Great to read your thoughts about Tool and excited to see Alex Grey’s work here. Do you like his paintings?
🙂 Shannon
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I agree, Chuck.
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Christina, Thanks for sharing that quotation and your questions. I like them. Yeah what would it look like?
I’m curious to hear more of his thoughts on that topic and yours too. I always wonder how ideas reach their moment and quicksilvery flow through a people. If I had to guess about the 3-5%, I’d guess it to be the top people in academia, corporations, policy-making, and government for the tipping point to work. Having met farmers and simple people in this world, I don’t think the beatific vision is lost on them. I think it’s lost on the most educated and powerful, sadly. But then there’s (possibly many?) would-be brilliants that hide their lights under a basket because of a hostile environment. Maybe that’s where the small percentage makes a big difference; first the status quo embankment is breached, then the river starts to rush.
I think it’s a lovely question to ponder, what it looks like for us personally to “really get” the message. I’m with you in that question.
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Bob, thank you! Yes that is helpful in London time. It looks like noon for me in New York City’s time. Thanks!
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Hi Iain,
The way Jung describes schizophrenia in his papers seems quite different from the modern definition. It seems like he saw it as an overwhelming flood of the unconscious, but not necessarily the tragic undoing of a person. Do you think Jung was talking about the same thing as when we say schizophrenia now?
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What time are we calling in on May 3, Peter? Somehow I’m always an hour off.