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September 20, 2005
This is not a picture of a landcape. It is an image of an interior landscape of the modern subject. The camera stands for vision (seeing) as opposed to sound or word.
Bill Henson, Untitled #6, Untitled, 1998 - 2000
So who or what is doing the gazing. My interpretation is that we are looking into the unconscious----the dark continent. We are travelling on the highway into our unconscious that is ruled by uncontrollable forces.
Bill Henson, Untitled #17, Untitled, 1998 - 2000
The images suggest that we are travelling into the darkness of a constellation of intense emotions of a damaged life. The darkness threatens to overwhelm us:--ie., our ego or consciousness will be overwhelmed by the violent and dark forces of the unconscious.
Bill Henson, Untitled #23, Untitled, 1998 - 2000
Of course, not everybody accepts the idea of the unconscious, let alone the idea that it is structured like a language. They see those ideas as examples of blindness. Others see 'vision' as the root of the problem.
What should we do then? Keep our eyes shut?
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Probing the unconscious is fun. I'm really enjoying it.
The problem is remembering my dreams. I'm shocking at it so I only remember the nightmares that wake me up. They give me plenty of food for thought, but it isn't just nightmares going on. But because I don't remember the other dreams, it's always possible to be preoccupied with the nightmare. Keeping a sense of perspective is essential.