心靈轉化之旅以藝術創作探究「個人神話」

The Journey of Psyche Transformation: An Inquiry into＂Personal Mythology＂through Art Making

周大為(Ta-wei Chou)

《台灣藝術治療學刊》 4卷2期 (2016/05) Pp. 1-13

摘要

本文之研究者為藝術治療研究生，自幼即感受到一種受困繭中的感受，透過「藝術」表達釋放卻無法穿越這樣的感受，直到遇見「神話」主題才感受到新的轉化之源。本文嘗試以「個人神話」之藝術創作探究研究者之內在心靈，以理解其內在受困的脈絡，轉化超越既定生命之困境。本文以藝術創作的形式作為探究個人神話之方式，採取「藝術本位研究」與「原型探究」作為本研究之研究方法。根據藝術本位研究之精神，研究者透過自發性創作方式創作個人神話圖像，將圖像本身視為研究主體，並透過詩文回應圖像的方式深化對於圖象之理解。神話內涵之探究則涉及神話心靈結構中「情結」與「原型」之內涵，採用原型探究方式進行探索，並透過積極想像的方式連結圖像與個人深刻的關係，一步一步深入研究者心靈中神話象徵之內涵。本研究發現以個人神話作為人格心靈之隱喻，潛意識壓抑的內容隨著神話創作與探究歷程逐漸被打開，透過圖像創作、生命經驗、積極想像與原型探究之來回反思，不斷深入並擴大個人神話圖文之理解，為研究者帶來具有整體和超越性之意義。歸納整體歷程，研究者發現個人神話之探究如同蝴蝶破繭的過程一般，童年幻想之神話編織保護了個人幼小的心靈，卻也成為一個令人受困之繭，隨著個人成長需求，需要釋放神話中情結並認識其中原型的意涵，才能穿越了神話之繭中的限制與迷思，帶來心靈的蛻變與轉化，成為蝴蝶自由飛翔。

關鍵字

個人神話 ； 原型 ； 情結 ； 積極想像 ； 藝術治療

並列摘要

The author of this master’s thesis is a graduate student in art therapy. Since childhood, he had had a feeling of being cocooned and had attempted in vain to break through this sense of isolation by artistic expression. However, the theme of mythology has brought about a sense of breakthrough and transformation. Therefore, this research attempts to explore the psyche of the author by virtue of artistic creation based on ＂personal mythology＂ in order to understand the context of the author’s inner imprisonment and hence transcend the given existential predicament. This research attempts to explore personal mythology through artistic creation and it involves two aspects which are the process of image creation and the exploration of the significance of mythology. This thesis adopts ＂art-based research＂ and ＂archetypal approach＂ as its methodologies because, in order to reach an in-depth understanding of these two aspects, it is necessary to employ a flexible combination of different methodologies. According to the spirit of art-based research, the researcher creates images of personal mythology through spontaneous creation, uses these images as the subject of study and deepens the understanding of these images by associating texts with them. In relation to the exploration of the significane of mythology, this thesis involves the concepts of ＂complex＂ and ＂archetype＂ that are related to psychic structures in mythology. This thesis adopts archetypal exploration to investigate the profound relationship between the images and personal experiences, a relationship that is created through active imagination. Step by step, the thesis aims to delve into the significance of psychic mythology in the researcher’s unconscious mind. This thesis discovers that, by using personal mythology as a metaphor for personal psyche, the repressed unconscious mind unfolds with the creation of mythology and the exploration of its history. Through reflections on picto-textual testimony, life experiences, creative process and archetypal exploration, the researcher continuously deepens his understanding of his personal mythology and he eventually attains a holistic and transcendent meaning. To conclude the whole process, the researcher discovers that the inquiry into personal mythology is similar to the life cycle of a butterfly. The imagined mythology of a person’s childhood can protect the fragile mind of the person. However, this mythology can serve as a cocoon that imprisons a person. As a person grows up, he must untangle the complexes and understand the archetypes in his personal mythology in order to transcend the myths and limitations. As a result, a person can eventually undergo psychic transformation and metaphorically become a free-flying butterfly.

並列關鍵字

personal mythology ； archetype ； complex ； active imagination ； art therapy