Tag Archives: R.D. Laing

THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Dave

“Artaud saw in Vincent van Gogh a faithful replica of his own torment. After the painter’s suicide he wrote: Dr. Gachet would not tell van Gogh that he was there to straighten out his painting (…) but he used to send … Continue reading →

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CHRISTMAS: IT'S IN THE MIND'S EYE

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Dave

Christmas. Undoubtedly the holiday with the greatest inclination to bring out the fruitcake in all of us. Is Christmas really any worse than other times of the year and do the Christmas blues really exist? Carl Jung differentiated himself from … Continue reading →

Posted in Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Albert Einstein, Beccafumi, Carl Jung, Chris Brooke, Daily Mail, Dave Thomson, Fellini, Frederico Fellini, Freud, Hieronymous Bosch, Jung, Kafka, Mark Chironna, Mark Twain, Michael Billig, New Statesman, Oliver James, Peter Paul Rubens, R.D. Laing, Rev. Tim Jones, Rubens, Samuel Clemens, Sigmund Freud, The Band, The Nutcracker Suite, The Nutcraker Ballet, Tim Burton, Tim Jones | Leave a comment

WHAT DREAMS MAY COME

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Dave

Madness, love and mysticism. Perhaps everything you always wanted to know about Dali, Freud, Psychoanalysis and Pictorial Surrealism. Salvador Dali was immersed in the conquest of the irrational, infinite and likely futile search for the unconscious and its meaning. His … Continue reading →