It is a most painful procedure to tear off those veils, but each step forward in psychological development means just that, the tearing off of a new veil. We are like onions with many skins, and we have to peel ourselves again and again to get to the real core.
“The mirror stage is far from a mere phenomenon which occurs in the development of the child. It illustrates the conflictual nature of the dual relationship.”
Jacques Lacan, Seminar IV, The Object Relation Ilaria's paintings
“How can we talk about women without conjuring their relation to semblants, that is to say, to these montages, these dispositives, these constructions that serve to veil what is lacking, what is not there, but also to cover the horror.”
Pascale Fari, Introduction to Jacques-Alain Miller, Of Women and Semblants, The Lacanian Review Volume 13 Lacancircle.com.au/book-shop/TLR13
Egon Schiele, "Nude Woman Reclining on her Stomach", (1917)
Luna Arjuna
It is a most painful procedure to tear off those veils, but each step forward in psychological development means just that, the tearing off of a new veil. We are like onions with many skins, and we have to peel ourselves again and again to get to the real core.
~ C. G. Jung
Art: Thomas Dodd
Aug 13
Luna Arjuna
“The mirror stage is far from a mere phenomenon which occurs in the development of the child.
It illustrates the conflictual nature of the dual relationship.”
Jacques Lacan, Seminar IV, The Object Relation Ilaria's paintings
Aug 23
Luna Arjuna
“How can we talk about women without conjuring their relation to semblants, that is to say, to these montages, these dispositives, these constructions that serve to veil what is lacking, what is not there, but also to cover the horror.”
Pascale Fari, Introduction to Jacques-Alain Miller, Of Women and Semblants, The Lacanian Review Volume 13 Lacancircle.com.au/book-shop/TLR13
Egon Schiele, "Nude Woman Reclining on her Stomach", (1917)
Aug 23