ABSTRACT
Realizing the psychological value that Jung personally discovered in exploring images from unconscious, he began to encourage his patients to make visual representations of their dream and fantasy material. Psychologically speaking, it is one thing for a person to have an interesting conversation with his doctor once a week results of which hang somewhere or other in mid-air and quite another thing to struggle for hours at time with refractory brush and colours, and to produce in the end something which, at its face value, is perfectly senseless. Although Jung did not do "art therapy", the use and understanding of images are of utmost importance in Jungian work. The aim is to use art which comes from hidden sources which can be brought to light through art media to promote consciousness, understanding, growth, and transformation. Through highlighting and illustrating what Jung meant by "active imagination", is a process that accelerates both healing and creative potential which are synonymous in the author's mind.
