I found this post in Carl Jung and depth psychology | Facebook. I love Carl Jung & Eminem & it fascinated me to see someone relate them to each other.
Jung's work is highly criticized for not being "scientific" & is difficult to understand because he's very "complex" & "abstract". I post his work a lot, but this time, I added some definitions from Google for terms that I wasn't familiar with. I also removed some sentences of the original post that confused me, or I thought weren't relevant to the post.
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"That's who I am as well, thanks to Marshall [Mathers]'s, aka Eminem's, high art. High art is easily recognizable because it speaks to everyone in particular in a language one needs to hear. Dark art heals Dark moods. Nothing worse than, when depressed, everyone scorns you for grieving or whatever. [...]
High art is a term used to describe art forms that are considered to be of a higher quality, while dark art is a term used to describe art that explores difficult emotions.
High art: often associated with painting, sculpture, music, and architecture; often considered to be art that is created for aesthetic expression and has a deeper meaning.
Dark art: can be a way for artists to process and heal from difficult emotions; can also refer to a mysterious or secret skill or method.
-- A.I. Overview -- Google
This quote [...] should be memorized by all who have a loved one with mental illness. Or is the one himself.
DIVINE GIFT OF CREATIVE FIRE
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A person must pay dearly for the divine gift of creative fire. It is as though each of us was born with a limited store of energy:
( A ) In the artist, the strongest force in his make-up, that is, his creativeness, will seize & all but monopolize this energy, leaving so little over that nothing of value can come of it. The creative impulse can drain him of his humanity to such a degree that the personal ego can exist only on a primitive or inferior level & is driven to develop all sorts of defects: ruthlessness, selfishness (“autoeroticism”), vanity, & other infantile traits. These inferiorities are the only means by which it can maintain its vitality & prevent itself from being wholly depleted. (CW15 ¶ 158)
Autoeroticism is the act of experiencing sexual pleasure through internal stimuli, such as one's own body & imagination. It can also be defined as sexual feelings that arise without any known external stimulation. Autoeroticism can involve using one's imagination to become sexually aroused, such as imagining oneself in a different form.
-- A.I. Overview -- Google
AUTOEROTICISM IN CERTAIN ARTISTS IS LIKE THAT OF NEGLECTED CHILDREN
( B ) The autoeroticism of certain artists is like that of illegitimate or neglected children who, from their earliest years, develop bad qualities to protect themselves from the destructive influence of a loveless environment. Such children easily become ruthless & selfish, & later display an invincible egoism by remaining all their lives infantile & helpless or by actively offending against morality & the law. (CW15 ¶ 158)
IT IS HIS ART THAT EXPLAINS THE ARTIST
( C ) How can we doubt that it is his art that explains the artist, & not the insufficiencies & conflicts of his personal life? These are nothing but the regrettable results of his being an artist, a man upon whom a heavier burden is laid than upon ordinary mortals. A special ability demands a greater expenditure of energy, which must necessarily leave a deficit on some other side of life. (CW15 ¶ 158)
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-- Written by: Michelle Anderson
-- reposted by: Sveta Alenina
