A Creative Lens on a Jungian Metaphor

"The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego. The second half is going inward and letting go of it." ~ Carl Jung

"In the second half we discover that it is no longer sufficient to find meaning in being successful. We need a deeper source of purpose." ~ Richard Rohr

This thoughtful and inspiring video by photographer and philosopher Sean Tucker explores “the two halves of your creative journey”- a concept grounded in Carl Jung’s idea of the “morning” and “afternoon” phases of life, relatable well beyond just creatives.

Some interesting questions to reflect on afterwards...

1. Which stage of the journey am I in right now and how can I make peace with it?

2. What am I still clinging to that no longer serves my creativity or my life more broadly?

3. Where do I feel a pull towards simplification or clarity and what might that look like in practice?

4. What lessons or skills from my "morning" can I carry forward into the "afternoon"?

5. If I stopped creating for validation, what would I make simply because it feels true to me?