Biography

Carol Spicuzza

Biography 

As a child growing up on a farm in Jay County, Indiana in the USA, I had
many experiences of the unconscious. Some of these experiences were dreams
and others were visualizations. This preoccupation reflected a natural
tendency to give careful consideration to the unknown factors of our
existence. The images constituted what I assumed to be a private mythology,
unrelated to the greater world. This assumption later proved to be false.

The business of growing up set these visions in the background but they
remained close to my heart and were not forgotten. I enjoyed making art but
as this sort of thing was viewed as impractical on the farm, I went on to
earn a degree in Russian language from Ball State University. At university
I was exposed to the work of the eminent psychologist C. G. Jung and in his
ideas found that my childhood experiences had historical parallels and
specific meanings which analytical psychology endeavored to discern. I
became aware of the fact that each person is a potential conduit for these
meanings and may be capable of expressing unique aspects of our myth.

I began studying analytical psychology and recording my dreams (dream work
being the main tool of analytical psychology). Eventually, I wanted to
express the inner world visually. In 1984 I turned seriously to art and
began a course of self-education.

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Artist’s Statement

The paintings you are about to view are a series of images that take the viewer on a journey. They portray the process of the transformation of the psyche as described by C.G.Jung in his term “individuation”. Individuation means to become aware of all the parts of oneself.

The goal of individuation is wholeness attained by means of a religious attitude. This attitude is characterized by the careful taking into account of the emanations of the spirit and the personal experiences of one’s life. Jung defines spirit as the factor that creates images in the inner field of vision and organizes them into a meaningful order. Each ensuing image is a progression and development. Thus the spirit leads you somewhere.

Though wholeness is the goal, the essential thing is the path leading to wholeness, as wholeness is a lifelong endeavor. In every age there is an unknown aspect of the spirit waiting to be discovered. By sharing his or her experience of the spirit, the artist provides a point of departure and recognition for those who, willingly or unwillingly, are encountering the spiritual world.   more here.

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