Turns out, I don't have enough time today (at least, not right now) to post an excerpt from TWISTING FATES--I could just copy and paste the super-rough first scene, but I'd prefer to apply the fixes that I've already done on paper, which means a lot of writing.
So here's what I'll do instead. This is a thing I've been thinking about recently: cultural memory, or the cultural unconscious. It's different from Jung's collective unconscious, because it only exists on a cultural level, rather than a universal level.
I'd love to get into more detail, but for now, I have this:
I don't think I've ever seen Psycho. But I don't actually know, because I have memories of scenes and knowledge of the storyline. Knowledge of the storyline by itself isn't enough for this theory. But I have memories, in my head, of visuals and sounds, and my theory is they come from the culture itself. Because I have no memory of actually watching the movie; I have no specific memory of being shown clips from it; yet I have memories of the film itself.
Cultural unconscious.
That's what I believe in.
So here's what I'll do instead. This is a thing I've been thinking about recently: cultural memory, or the cultural unconscious. It's different from Jung's collective unconscious, because it only exists on a cultural level, rather than a universal level.
I'd love to get into more detail, but for now, I have this:
I don't think I've ever seen Psycho. But I don't actually know, because I have memories of scenes and knowledge of the storyline. Knowledge of the storyline by itself isn't enough for this theory. But I have memories, in my head, of visuals and sounds, and my theory is they come from the culture itself. Because I have no memory of actually watching the movie; I have no specific memory of being shown clips from it; yet I have memories of the film itself.
Cultural unconscious.
That's what I believe in.
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