| Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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@[Stabone4:24059] The song is a series of clues for anyone who is seeking greater meaning in their life. It is packed full of references to Carl Jung in relation to the psychology of the unconscious. See The Transcendent Function: Jung's Model of Psychological Growth. The transcendent function is the core of Carl Jung’s theory of psychological growth and the heart of what he called individuation, the process by which one is guided in a teleological way toward the person one is meant to be. For a deep dive journey into the unconscious process, read The Red Book or for a shortcut overview and introduction to the idea, read Lecture 4 in the book, Introduction to Jungian Psychology. It's easy to mistake the meaning of this song as relating to drug use especially since it takes one on a journey beyond the range of normal or physical human experience. But if you familiarise yourself with Jung's work, you'll see precicely what I mean. |
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| Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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@[damionignis:24058] Did some digging on the function of fiction. The function of fiction is the abstraction and simulation of social experience. Engaging in the simulative experiences of fiction literature can facilitate the understanding of others who are different from ourselves and can augment our capacity for empathy and social inference. See "The Function of Fiction is the Abstraction and Simulation of Social Experience" by Raymond A. Mar, Keith Oatley. It's available as a PDF online. Also see, "Why Fiction May Be Twice as True as Fact" by by Keith Oatley on the New English Review website. |
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| Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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@[damionignis:24054] The song Clint Eastwood is a series of clues for anyone who is seeking greater meaning in their life. It is packed full of references to Carl Jung in relation to the psychology of the unconscious. See The Transcendent Function: Jung's Model of Psychological Growth. The transcendent function is the core of Carl Jung’s theory of psychological growth and the heart of what he called individuation, the process by which one is guided in a teleological way toward the person one is meant to be. For a deep dive journey into the unconscious process, read The Red Book or for a shortcut overview and introduction to the idea, read Lecture 4 in the book, Introduction to Jungian Psychology. --- Also... "cause you don't see with your eyes, you perceive with your mind" - according to Jung, the unconscious is the birthplace of thought and this is what, I think, this line is referring to. "fictional and mystical" - "mystical" refers to the mystical quality of the collective unconscious, which is an evolutionary memory of all that has passed and all that is to come. It's a universal concept. On the subject of the "fictional", I'm going to pass you on to a YouTube video called, "Biblical Series I: Introduction to the Idea of God". At some point in this lecture, Jordan Peterson covers the concept of Fiction as an abstraction that tries to explain meaning and purpose in the same way that numbers and mathematics are an abstraction that can explain the way the universe works. It's a very powerful concept and extremely enlightening once you have wrapped your head around it. |
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| Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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The song Clint Eastwood is a series of clues for anyone who is seeking greater meaning in their life. It is packed full of references to Carl Jung in relation to the psychology of the unconscious. See The Transcendent Function: Jung's Model of Psychological Growth. The transcendent function is the core of Carl Jung’s theory of psychological growth and the heart of what he called individuation, the process by which one is guided in a teleological way toward the person one is meant to be. For a deep dive journey into the unconscious process, read The Red Book or for a shortcut overview and introduction to the idea, read Lecture 4 in the book, Introduction to Jungian Psychology. |
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