Mythic & Active Imagination for Writers and Creativity Seekers
Dr. Skyler Madison Fontana leads an interactive and experiential talk when speaking to writers and screenwriters. She describes how Jung’s Active Imagination can inspire and assist us in writing our stories. Dr. Fontana’s research into Jungian and Archetypal Psychology, and mythic stories led her to formulate a special process. It is one that helps writers and screenwriters to write and complete more compelling stories. One can tap into both the personal and the collective unconscious.
Dr. Fontana says, “Jung turned to a process he called active imagination in search of his personal myth.”
Using a similar process, we can explore what we are being called to write with a similar method that provides a way into more engaged writing of our own. If myth is the language of the psyche and active imagination is a way to facilitate a conversation between the conscious and the unconscious, we can bring them together. In dialogue we can gain access to material that can become inspiration for our stories.”
This process gives writers a reliable way to reach beyond the deeply and uniquely personal to find the mythical stories that hold the potential of capturing the hearts and minds of many.
Actors use Stanislavsky’s Method that helps them create deeper characters and refine roles swiftly. The legacy of Jung’s method can also be used by writers, screenwriters, and storytellers of all kinds to fashion tales that resonate with people on a deeper level.
Topics covered in this active presentation include:
- The Role of ‘Psychological Art’ in Creating
- How Writers Find the Creative Germ of an Idea
- Active Imagination: Dreaming the Story Forward
- The Role of Craft
- How the ‘rules’ of Plot & Structure can inspire us
- Using myth & ‘mash-ups’ in popular stories
- A Therapeutic End
If you would like more information to schedule an event you can at: Contact Skyler or receive notification for the next talk.