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You wrote “To my mind, photographers are fascinated by the technology of the image. The camera itself, the various lenses, settings, and acoutrements all factor into their love of photography. I don’t share that fascination for the technological.”

I totally understand what you mean by that and you expressed it well. I feel the same way about my art. In the early days there was some fascination with the tools and techniques but for some time now I have no interest in them except for what they help me express. I have never completely identified with the artist archetype (though I’ve spent a lifetime defining myself as an artist) and thought many times that perhaps I missed a road I should have taken (back there) towards another field. But no, that’s not true. Blogging – writing – has provided me a voice that art has never allowed and that has awakened a need in me to be more than an artist, much more. Where this revelation will take me I don’t know, but it is a joy to know more adventures await me.

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It sounds like you’re enjoying post-PhD life. I hope I don’t come across as the unruly dissenter, but here goes…

Just a thought, but I wonder how many photographers (whether amatuer or professional) would also align themselves with the ‘Poet’ rather than the ‘Photographer’ archetype. Is the category ‘Photographer’ subsumed under the category of ‘Poet’? In which case, is there a hierarchy of archetypes? Janice’s comment above really resonated with me, with her suggestion of mixing and inventing archetypes to the point that there is something inherently fluid/dynamic about them even when you have subscribed to one archetype as opposed to another archetype.

Steven x

@ Janice – I’ve got the feeling that as we evolve and learn more, our archetypes will change – my belief is that nothing is set in stone, and everything is a learning tool – be it from personality types, metaprograms, astrological signs, etc etc. None of it is to keep you in a box and we must not allow it to become an excuse to rest on our laurels.

@ Joanna – what a lovely idea to make a visioning board – I use mindmaps to help me make sense of things when I’m stuck – it’s great for writing too! They seem to pull the left and right brains – which I guess is what the vision board does too.

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I’ve also been reading about archetypes recently as I delved into the Hero Within – made so much sense of a lot of things for me. I also did a bit of work summoning up the archetype I was needing by using pictures, words, images that I associated with it and creating something a bit like a vision board. I’ll show you when I see you… you might find it interesting.

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I struggle with assigning archetypes too because of the way my journey’s evolving me, but decided that as one of life’s rearrangers, it was OK to combine a few and invent! I know it defeats the point of archetypes, but hey, it’s fun!

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Archetypes are fascinating, I did some research into archetypes in families a few years ago and really enjoyed it but didn’t have the time to consider them at any length on a personal level … but I definitely will now, thanks to your inspiration. I think the poet archetype resonates through your work, both words and images are imbued with poetry!

When it comes to photography, I have no idea about the technical side either. I have only recently started using a ‘proper’ camera, rather than my little mobile phone! I just love capturing images of things I find beautiful or interesting and sharing them with other people. (Flickr rocks!)

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