Poetry and the Myth You Are Living: A Conversation with Phillip Rosenberg

“God is everywhere; in the lampshade and in the worn, brown carpet.” Phillip RosenbergIn Memories, Dreams, Reflections, C.G. Jung describes his decision to discover the myth that he was living. Tellingly, the title of the chapter is “Confrontation with the Unconscious”  and Jung explains that he didn’t even know how to approach the question. He writes, “I said to myself, since I know nothing at all, I shall simply do whatever occurs to me.”In Jung’s case, this meant tending his dreams, painting, and working with stone, but many forms of creative work, like writing poetry, invite a meaningful dialogue with the mythic dimension.In honor of National Poetry month, I asked local songwriter and poet Phillip Rosenberg to talk about the experience of writing his book Raised in the Shadow.In this program we use Phillip’s experience and poetry to explore these questions:How is writing poetry a way of knowing self and world?How does/can writing poetry lead to the creation (or discovery) of personally meaningful images?For more information about the songs and poetry of Phillip Rosenberg (aka Rags and Bones) visit: http://www.ragsandbonesmusic.com/Support the show