The Symbols
Might Mean
Invisibility: anonymity, modesty, humility, working in the shadow, away from the spotlight, shyness, low self-esteem, feeling unimportant or not being seen as a person, shame, inferiority, low self-esteem, keeping oneself small
Emptiness: absence, not in one's body, virtual reality, living in one's head, loneliness, isolation, depression, loss of soul, losing oneself, lack of identity
Introversion: personal life or unconscious, privacy, turned inward, subjective experience of the world, personal interests, small scale, insignificance
Emptiness: absence, not in one's body, virtual reality, living in one's head, loneliness, isolation, depression, loss of soul, losing oneself, lack of identity
Introversion: personal life or unconscious, privacy, turned inward, subjective experience of the world, personal interests, small scale, insignificance
For Example
Movie Clips & Videos:
Who am I in the eyes of most people? A nobody – Loving Vincent,
The Story of a Man Who Doesn't Exist (Mr. Nobody),
Melancholia: Life Out Of Proportion,
The Will of The Ball – Awakenings
Ethan Hawke on the Experience of Losing Oneself,
David Bowie on the Theme of Isolation,
Jung and the Persona System,
How To Know Yourself,
A Brief History of Melancholy,
Dr Oliver Sacks and the Real Life Awakenings
The Story of a Man Who Doesn't Exist (Mr. Nobody),
Melancholia: Life Out Of Proportion,
The Will of The Ball – Awakenings
Ethan Hawke on the Experience of Losing Oneself,
David Bowie on the Theme of Isolation,
Jung and the Persona System,
How To Know Yourself,
A Brief History of Melancholy,
Dr Oliver Sacks and the Real Life Awakenings
"The legend of Narcissus actually tells us the tragedy of the loss of the self. His reflection deceives him since it shows only his perfect, wonderful face and not his inner world, his pain, his history. His back view, for instance, and his shadow remain hidden from him, they do not belong to and are cut off from his beloved reflection. His passion for his false self makes impossible not only love for others but also, despite all appearances, love for the one person who is fully entrusted to his care: himself."
– Alice Miller, The Drama of The Gifted Child: The Search For The True Self
Podcasts:
A Tattoo for The Living (Modern Love),
The Night Girl Finds A Day Boy (Modern Love),
Being a Nobody in Paris (This American Life, hear clip below)
A Tattoo for The Living (Modern Love),
The Night Girl Finds A Day Boy (Modern Love),
Being a Nobody in Paris (This American Life, hear clip below)
Writings:
An Artist's Journey Or The Chance To Begin Again,
Closing Stories Of The Nightingale and Mockingbird,
The Blue Songbird: Finding Your Voice and Coming Home to Yourself,
The Drama of The Gifted Child: The Search For The True Self,
How To Get Over ‘Never Good Enough’, Imposter Syndrome,
Some People Feel So Utterly Alone It’s As If They Don’t Exist,
Psychologists Think They Found The Purpose of Depression
Shadow (Psychology), Idealization and Devaluation, Deindividuation,
Privacy, Private Sphere, Anonymity, Nothing, Humility, Darkness, The Void,
Imposter Syndrome, Tall Poppy Syndrome, Ego Reduction, True Self,
Nigredo, Dark Night of The Soul, Existential Crisis
An Artist's Journey Or The Chance To Begin Again,
Closing Stories Of The Nightingale and Mockingbird,
The Blue Songbird: Finding Your Voice and Coming Home to Yourself,
The Drama of The Gifted Child: The Search For The True Self,
How To Get Over ‘Never Good Enough’, Imposter Syndrome,
Some People Feel So Utterly Alone It’s As If They Don’t Exist,
Psychologists Think They Found The Purpose of Depression
Shadow (Psychology), Idealization and Devaluation, Deindividuation,
Privacy, Private Sphere, Anonymity, Nothing, Humility, Darkness, The Void,
Imposter Syndrome, Tall Poppy Syndrome, Ego Reduction, True Self,
Nigredo, Dark Night of The Soul, Existential Crisis
(Toru, while thinking in the dark well) "I saw myself as the wind-up bird, flying through the summer sky, lighting on the branch of a huge tree somewhere, winding the world's spring." "Have you ever had that feeling – that you'd like to go to a whole different place and become a whole different self?"
Bluebird (Bukowski)
Songs:
Nobody – Mitski,
Pour un Instant (For a Moment), Le Corridor – Harmonium,
Pulaski at Night – Andrew Bird
Nobody – Mitski,
Pour un Instant (For a Moment), Le Corridor – Harmonium,
Pulaski at Night – Andrew Bird
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