(July 18, 2022 at 7:14 pm)emjay Wrote: Basically, how you interpret something is how you frame it, and different ways of framing the same information can result in different insights, so in the case of something like therapy, it makes sense to have something that resonates with the individual, like you say, to help unpack and make sense of the mind. Doesn't really matter if it's the truth or just a useful perspective, because if nothing else, the journey itself will probably lead to insights its own.
I think this is the key point. When I talk here about poetry or talk therapy -- or even tarot -- as providing insight, I'm not talking about science-type data. It may be best to avoid the word "truth" and just go with "best interpretation." Or "insight" or "wisdom."
Here I'm talking about what the phenomenologists call the "life-world." This is not the world of science, but the inner world we experience. It's where we live. And this world is formed from the very beginning by our interaction with culture, and all the symbols that culture requires. All our meanings, values, and desires are here.
So deepening our understanding of ourselves and this lived experience occurs through further interaction with culture and symbols.
