Land scape
Rossana Jeran
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
you tell us your biggest influences in art and how they have affected your work ?
One of my biggest influences wasn ’ t an artist at all … he was psychiatrist and psychotherapist , Carl Jung , who founded analytical psychology and coined the term ‘ collective unconscious ’; the aspect of the unconscious mind which manifests innate , universal themes and runs through all human experience .
The collective unconscious is made up of archetypes , symbols and other images that reflect basic , primordial patterns , common to us all , that have existed universally since the dawn of time . Images and symbols are the language of the mind and the soul , which goes beyond words and speaks universally to us and through us .
My work has always explored the lightto-dark spectrum of the human experience . Behind seemingly beautiful imagery often lies hidden subtext or metaphor , luring the imagination beyond the known , with grit and grace . Pulling from this vast and rich source of content , I can express the dichotomous aspect of our humanness and tap into the elusive nature of what cannot be said in words .
Another huge influence is clinical psychiatrist , Dr . Rick Strassman , whose book , “ DMT : The Spirit Molecule explores his revolutionary research into the biology of near-death and mystical experiences . The book centers around the pineal gland and it ’ s role in our spirituality and humanity as a whole .
My early film making inspirations