One of the key concepts of Jungian archetypes is Jung’s concept of the psyche and how the persona acts like a mirror: reflecting not who we really are but the obscure mask behind which we conceal parts of ourselves in order to cope with reality and what it demands from us.
The persona, when interpreted in this manner, may seem strange, at first, but it can very quickly inform us of our hidden and suppressed thoughts and feelings, how we…
Identity is a void clinging to causality often misinterpreted as free will. It’s a cosmic game humanity is eternally doomed to playing; never once ceasing to materialize in this vacillating and unsympathetic world.
Is all of it, then, a matter of chance rather than freedom?
Are Unhappiness and Loss of Self mortal inventions any more than Mortality is a human virtue?
Both Xavier Dolan’s ‘Mommy’ and J. D. Salinger’s ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ insist on the unpredictability and complexities…
What is life, in contrast to never having one, when the living of it, in all its time-bound realms, is excused as fate? The word ‘generation’ marks a period in which a whole life is contained. A life’s share of the universe, catastrophes, upheavals, and profound sensibilities. But is a generation enough to epitomize a political and religious revolution? This film explores the depths of fulfilling such a prophecy.
Incendies builds an emotional, visceral, and cerebral world. The film manifests…
It’s difficult to view movies of such nature with open-minded curiosity. But somehow, the individuality and ruggedness of Michael Fassbender’s character, Brandon, make it axiomatic. Especially when held under the same breath and torch as his sister, Sissy’s (Carrey Mulligan) life.
In “Shame,” the story circles around the life of a sex addict who soon transgresses himself into apathy. Steve McQueen gives us access to a soul who we see extract himself, as the story progresses, from all his sensory…
