The unsatisfied yearning of the artist reaches back to the primordial …

Carl Jung
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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. ✨ Carl Gustav Jung (1978). The Collected Works of C. G. Jung: The spirit in man, art, and literature
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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. ✨ Carl Gustav Jung (1978). The Collected Works of C. G. Jung: The spirit in man, art, and literature

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