The Shadow Self

Welcome to another edition of the Fred & Dan Blog! Our mission with Fred&Dan Productions and this blog has always been to make people think in ways they’ve never done before - to spark creativity and facilitate conversation in unconventional ways. A place where you can open up your email and have a bit of creativity to take with you into your day or week! 

STRIKE UPDATE

The WGA strike is entering day 60! Not too much to report until we hear more about what is going to happen to the SAG contract on July 12th. The LA City Council did pass a resolution to urge the AMPTP to come back to the table with the WGA. No idea what that means or if that will actually do anything, but hey! It is something that definitely happened. 

Weekly Creative Inspiration Prompt:

Throughout the month of July and August we are going to keep delving into subjects that relate to the term “subliminal” - the theme for our second zine. Today, Gio and I talked about Carl Jung’s idea of the “shadow self” (these are truly the things that we talk about during our meetings because we are insufferable) and we thought it’s great inspiration for a creative prompt. 

What is the shadow self? 

“The shadow is the seat of creativity.”

The shadow self, according to Jung, is the dark unconscious side of our personality that we try to repress or hide.

We often shy away from the parts of ourselves we fear or feel shame around, but it is in walking through those “shadow selves” that we can become anew. In those shadows we have nothing but our creativity to rethink or reshape our image of ourselves to marry the light and dark, and become better for it. 

“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens.” 

Creativity is a powerful tool that can move mountains and reimagine the world as we know it. What if you met your shadow, made amends with it, and integrated it so see from a new lens? How might it shift the world as you know it?

“You can express your shadow self through art.”