ABSTRACT
The research approach is based in the following philosophical postulates, which are in accordance with those of Pacifica Graduate Institute at large: it acknowledges the reality of the unconscious; it recognizes the complexity, fluidity, and ambiguity of psychic phenomenon, and respects many ways of knowing. The pedagogical approach used in the study workshop is based on Julie Garlen Maudlin's 2006 work Teaching Bodies: Curriculum and Corporeality, which defines the concept of "embodied curriculum." Embodied curriculum accounts for the transactional relationships between the educator's body, the learner's body, and the space wherein they work. Research data was collected via pre- and post-workshop questionnaires designed to ascertain the participants' shame experiences related to art making before the workshop and during the process workshop. The psychological aspects of this study are viewed primarily from the depth and archetypal perspectives postulated by Carl Jung, James Hillman and other post-Jungian psychologists.
