"When I came up with this concept of body painting it was derived from me using my body as an expression of our spirituality and self-love. With this, I wanted to further extend my artistry into something that matters and brings a change to society. This is when the idea of visualising healing from GBV trauma emerged. We often see the act being perpetuated but hardly the solutions” explains Amogelang. Collective Action Magazine was invited to speak with Amogelang Pila Dithlale; a celebrated artist and director of the theatrical production. In an interview, Amogelang explains that she was compelled to create an intimate safe space for artists and creatives for trauma healing. More often artists create inspirational pieces, yet most have themselves experienced GBV and are often unaware that they carry trauma. “Shadow Work” has influenced various types of spiritual practices and other belief systems. ~Carl Jung~ 75
Jung does not rule out the influence of spirituality on the psyche and it is believed that “Shadow Work” has influenced various types of spiritual practices and other belief systems. Valisa Griffin in her TEDex talk on The Semantics of Shadow Work, refers to this process as being grounded in something that is deeper than your ego and that is SELF. Her journey on her “shadow work” enabled her to face her “shadow self”, who in her words was “unloved, unhealed and unwanted” which was an underlying assessment of her identity and the cycles she endured under that narrative into her adult life. “The thing about this “shadow work” is that I can never go back to who I was before I confronted this “shadow”. I can never go back to that shadow dynamic that told me, I was unloved, unhealed, and unwanted.” She further adds, “… the self-doubt, fear and insecurity, I can never see those things as a true reflection of myself ever again, because what all those things really are, is a projection of my shadow.”
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/what-is-shadow-work
June 2023 | Collective Action Magazine
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