First published:
On
Friday, February 21st, 2014, from 7:30-9:30pm at The Analytical Psychology
Society of Western New York [The C.C. Jung Center 408 Franklin Street,
Buffalo, NY 14202], Western New York poets cordially invite you to experience
readings from a forthcoming poetry anthology titled, "A Celebration of WNY Poets."
The
volume, edited by Patricia Tansey and published through White Buffalo
Publications, includes logo design created by Michael Morgulia of New
Buffalo Graphics. The logo symbolizes a time of peace and renewal in
Native American culture in order to bring light into the world through
poetry.
Most
of the anthology is a representation of how words, images, and metaphors of
poetry contribute to a transforming of consciousness and experience, and lead
to personal and collective discovery.
Carl Jung stated in an essay, On the
Relation of Analytical Psychology to Poetry, ". . . the
special significance of a true work of art resides in the fact that it has
escaped from the limitations of the personal and has soared beyond the personal
concerns of its creator . . . One might almost describe it [art] as a living
being that uses man only as a nutrient medium, employing his capacities
according to its own laws and shaping itself to the fulfillment of its own
creative purpose."
The
C.C. Jung Center is the first location chosen for a poetry and pre-launch event
because some, yet not all of the writing embodies the creative process, dream
states, archetypes and the collective unconscious. The anthology will be
nationally released, focusing on the history and significance of the Western
New York literary scene including insights into the uniqueness of the
individual poets who have submitted.
The
poets who will be reading on the 21st include: Ann Goldsmith, Karen Lee Lewis,
Celeste Lawson, Susan Marie, Gunilla Kester, Kathy Tussing, Jane Sadowsk and
Geoffrey Gatza. Samples from the book, such as the authors' segment, the
preface, and table of contents will be available, as well as a mailing list for
those interested in purchasing the volume.
The event is free,
with various refreshments and donations are appreciated, yet not required.
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In
the words of Jung himself, "The creative process, so far as we are able to
follow it at all, consists in the unconscious activation of an archetypal
image, and in elaborating and shaping this image into the finished work. By
giving it shape, the artist translates it into the language of the present, and
so makes it possible for us to find our way back to the deepest springs of
life. Therein lies the social significance of art: it is constantly at work
educating the spirit of the age, conjuring up the forms in which the age is
most lacking. The unsatisfied yearning of the artist reaches back to the
primordial image in the unconscious which is best fitted to compensate the
inadequacy and one- sidedness of the present. The artist seizes on this image,
and in raising it from deepest unconsciousness he brings it into relation with
conscious values, thereby transforming it until it can be accepted by the minds
of his contemporaries according to their powers."
The poetry readings,
as well as The Center, will be recorded, edited, promoted and archived by Susan
Marie.
Please join us for a stellar event with respected and accomplished writers and
editors at The Analytical Psychology Society of Western NY to study and share
the work of C.G. Jung and related contemporary thought.
For more information:
Patricia
Tansey, Editor
Jan Beurskens
The Analytical Psychology Society of Western NY
716-854-7457
