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17/6/2019 0 Comments

'Psyche', A Soulful Reacquaintance with Creative Spirit

I almost called my artists book 'Psyche' and the excerpt below (from the introduction of 'Paper-clips with Raven') shows why.
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​In Greek mythology Psyche is the goddess of Soul. She is the personification of souls ‘breath’. ​​I used to call my poetry ‘Soul Poems’, for in the writing I bypass my conscious thinking-mind entirely and draw from a deeper place, giving voice to hidden things.
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Puddle Portal (2019) Maija Liepins photography
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'Inner Child' 2016, Digital Collage, Maija Liepins
​​In the Norse tradition, Odin’s Ravens are called Huginn and Muninn which represent his intellectual/spiritual capabilities journeying outward (from his physical form) in the form of fittingly intelligent and curious birds.*

It is only in recent times that western science has begun to recognise the entangled inter-connection of mind, body and spirit. Our mechanical or biomedical model of the body is informed by anatomical research back when grave-robbers furnished the medical establishment with bodies to study. 

The treatment of the mind as separate and unto itself is echoed in the way psychology has been treated as a study ‘of the mind’ rather than the whole person. So for me, psyche still has connotations of ‘the mind’ and that is what is examined in this anthology. As a teen many of my poems expressed a desire for inner peace which I now equate with self-acceptance... (continue reading)

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    Maija Liepins is an artist who has been writing stream-of-consciousness poetry since she was fifteen. She practices what Jung calls 'active imagination' which is similar, but with dreams instead of words. Improvisation has  led her to add sound and embodied movement to the mix. ​

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