The Symbols
Might Mean
Difference: differences, exoticism, standing out from the crowd, being singled out, originality, one of a kind, unrelated, distance from one another, intolerance, intrusion, being a stranger to oneself
Marginality: outsider, weirdo, not fitting in, orphan, being or feeling out of place, being closed off, recluse, alone, alienation or rejection, exile
Independence: following a different path, individuality, individuation, finding one's voice, not asking for help, solitude, being single, hiding in a shell
Marginality: outsider, weirdo, not fitting in, orphan, being or feeling out of place, being closed off, recluse, alone, alienation or rejection, exile
Independence: following a different path, individuality, individuation, finding one's voice, not asking for help, solitude, being single, hiding in a shell
For Example
Movie Clips and Videos:
Gauguin in Tahiti: Search For Paradise (1967 documentary),
The Psychology of Solitude,
Jung and the Right and Left-hand Paths
The Psychology of Solitude,
Jung and the Right and Left-hand Paths
Podcasts:
Just For Tonight, Pretend You Don't Know Me (Modern Love),
Not What They Seem (The Moth Radio Hour),
For Who the Cowbell Tolls (Radiolab),
The Cruelty of Children, Nowhere Man,
Switched At Birth (This American Life)
Just For Tonight, Pretend You Don't Know Me (Modern Love),
Not What They Seem (The Moth Radio Hour),
For Who the Cowbell Tolls (Radiolab),
The Cruelty of Children, Nowhere Man,
Switched At Birth (This American Life)
"People at that age [16-20 years old] often have that strange kind of melancholy sadness, and they feel like old people. They have an expression on their faces as if they knew all about life and felt very, very old, so what would be the use of playing about with the others , of dancing with girls or with boys. They retire into a kind of grandfatherly and grandmotherly attitude toward life. This is only a symptom and simply means they have not found the clue to the water of life, where they could find an issue for themselves, so they drift on in this way.
At that age it is technically difficult for people who are a bit different from others to find out what would be their possibilities in life, and then life gets dammed up. "
– Marie-Louise Von Franz, The Problem of the Puer Aeternus, p.67
Writings:
Hermann Hesse on Solitude, The End of Empathy,
Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist (Art Institute of Chicago),
How I Became a Professional Stranger and Found Kindness Everywhere
Hermann Hesse on Solitude, The End of Empathy,
Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist (Art Institute of Chicago),
How I Became a Professional Stranger and Found Kindness Everywhere
Originality, Introspection, Sanctuary, Solitude, Social Exclusion, Hermit,
Stranger, Other, Changeling, Social Rejection, Irreconcilable Differences,
Xenocentrism, Primitivism, Exoticism, Cultural Diversity, Individuation,
Social Alienation, Social Anxiety, Recluse, Individualistic Culture, Niche
Stranger, Other, Changeling, Social Rejection, Irreconcilable Differences,
Xenocentrism, Primitivism, Exoticism, Cultural Diversity, Individuation,
Social Alienation, Social Anxiety, Recluse, Individualistic Culture, Niche
“Can you lay eggs?” “No.” “Then have the goodness to hold your tongue.” “Can you raise your back, or purr, or throw out sparks?” “No.” “Then you have no right to express an opinion when sensible people are speaking.” So the duckling sat in a corner, feeling very low spirited.
“You don’t understand me,” said the duckling.
“We don’t understand you? Who can understand you, I wonder? Are you not in a warm room, and in society from which you may learn something. I may tell you unpleasant truths, but that is a proof of my friendship. I advise you, therefore, to lay eggs, and learn to purr as quickly as possible.”
“I believe I must go out into the world again,” said the duckling.
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