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The Mythic Journey
February 27, 1987 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PST
This weaving of stories, slides and commentary will provide an experience of the symbolic realms as well as information about them as a way to find meaning in our lives.
“The meaning of my existence is that life has addressed a question to me. Or conversely, I myself am a question which is addressed to the world, and I must communicate my answer, for otherwise I am dependent upon the world’s answer.” C.G. Jung
This program was first sponsored by the Oregon Committee for the Humanities and was part of the Chautauqua ’86 program offered through the State of Oregon. We appreciate their willingness to present it for the Oregon Friends of C.G. Jung.
LINDA SUSSMAN is a psychotherapist, educator, and scholar whose quest is to find the connection between storytelling and healing (personal transformation). Her training in psychotherapy, with a mainly Jungian emphasis, has been augmented by workshops with the finest storytellers, including Robert Bly and Laura Simms. She currently lives in Portland where she teaches a class in storytelling and personal myth-making.
SUSAN STRAUSS has been telling stories since 1979 in museums, schools, and outdoor festivals across the United States and Europe. She has created special programs for the Smithsonian, the National Gallery of Art, and Audubon Society and Horniman Museum in London, England. She has produced a book of native American stories entitled “Oh That Coyote” as well as several audio storytelling tapes. In Oregon she teaches and performs through Artists in the Schools and Young Audiences programs.
LYNN VANDERKAMP has been telling stories since 1977, first as a children’s librarian and later performing as a professional puppeteer with Tears of Joy Puppet Theater. She has been a recipient of two grants from the Metropolitan Arts Commission for the programs “Energy Wise Guys” and “Yiddish Folk Tales”. Besides working with Susan Strauss in ‘Tandem’, Lynn tells stories accompanied by a musician with the group “Noteworthy Journeys”. She currently works as Explainer Coordinator at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
