Dinner Time

I took a load of tape that id pulled off a previous drawing and pressed it onto the paper laying on a piece of cardboard ive been using because it produces this great striated effect that is as much there as it is absent. then I flipped the paper over and ran the carbon stick over it and then used sprayfix to stick another piece of paper on top. Then I used an hb to outline the shapes as they presented themselves to me. This caused the paper to tear in places.

I see a god (right) and goddess (left) with two humans maybe male and female. I see the goddess, lion headed, devouring the humans while the god looks on. Beneath and between is a god dog anticipating blood and bones.

Taking this as data from the unconscious, rather like in the way dreams work, I interpret it to be about how the ego needs to be devoured by the unconscious and by consciousness, that is to say, the Self or God in order to individuate. But also about how the Self needs and uses the ego to help the Self know itself.

Its great to be able to play with materials like this. The excitement of making an image out of mess and detritus, without intentionality, is for me a great thing.

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