Re: improv + looping in Jungian analysis

[Matthias Grob <matthias@grob.org>]

>I am sorry.  The repeating of my message was not an intentional loop
>but probably a looping mistake of my server.
>
>I am taking a class on C.G. Jung's active imagination.  I found that,
>actually, I have been doing it for years with my music and poetry,
>although not as systematically as he suggests.  Active imagination can
>be done in various ways and with various techniques, such as poetry,
>visual arts, sculpting, etc.  The point is to do art in order to
>reflect and not for art's sake.

I started in that corner too, I suspect. I used to say that my loops 
were not art, not music, just sound that helped for some brain 
process...

>A session should be followed by the
>reflection on the symbols and "messages" received during the creative
>event.

I used to play for an hour every day and then listen to it while 
doing some relaxation exercises. A lot changed in live, I went to 
Rio...

>Personally, I do it with musical improvisation and looping.  I find
>looping VERY helpful in the process because, e.g. it lets me to stay
>with a topic for a while, play over, let it go, mix it with another
>one.  Right now I am doing research on the relationship between
>musical improvisation (and looping) and the unconscious during the
>active imagination practice.  I  thought there might be someone on LD
>knowledgeble of the subject.
>
>I am writing a paper about the process.  When I am done with it, I
>will put it on my web site and announce it here, in case some of you
>wants to look at the paper.

Very insteresting. I had the intention to relate looping to other 
sciences in the beginning and then more and more abandoned the idea 
to make music and create loop equipment... ambition...
I had imagined that psychiatrists and brain research would join our 
group (which turned to be this list). On the LOOP delay prospect it 
said:
LOOP GROOP - Forum for Loopology and repetitive happenings.

>
>SOURCES:
>I have not found anything written on looping and the unconscious yet
>(would you know?).  But some good resources about active imagination
>and improvisation are these:
>Robert A. Johnson: Inner Work
>C.G. Jung: Jung on Active Imagination
>Collin Lee: Music at the Edge: The Music Therapy experiences of a
>musician with AIDS. (This is a great book showing the value of musical
>improvisation!)

I hope I find time to read next year!
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