Pensaba que Alanis Morrisette tenía que conocer de la psicología de Carl Jung pues el contenido de varias de sus canciones revela principios fundamentales de esta psicología. En esta entrevista valida mi hipotesis:
And so it is that I find myself early one Monday morning, in an antiseptic room in one of London's more expensive hotels, with the Canadian superstar holding court on the benefits of a form of treatment she is currently undergoing, known as Shadow Therapy. Apparently, Carl Jung first coined the phrase. She endeavours to explain.
"Basically, it's a process to help locate the different parts of one's self - all parts, both good and bad, light, shadow and dark - to help create a whole. And that, for want of a better word, is my goal. To become whole. It doesn't matter whether that means whole in my anger or my rage or my greed or my generosity or any other polarity. The aim, simply, is to be whole and be OK with that." She stops talking, and I am grateful. "Does that make sense?" she wonders.
Peter Gabriel comentó lo siguiente en torno al sueño que lo llevó a escribir Red Rain:
De libro "Peter Gabriel" de Spencer Bright Gabriel: "Years ago I had a recurring dream. I was swimming in a swirling sea of red and black. I remember a tremendous turmoil as the sea was parted by two white walls. A series of bottles, of human shape, were carrying the red water from one wall to another, then dropping down to smash into little pieces at the bottom of the second wall. I used this for a scene in a story in which the red sea and red rain from which it was formed represented thoughts and feelings that were being denied."
De "Peter Gabriel" por Armando Gallo (1986) Gabriel: "Blood. I believe that if feelings or pain do not get brought out, not only do they fester and grow stronger but they manifest themselves in the external world. For example, if a personal storm cannot be outwardly expressed it will appear in life in events with other people or in this case in a cloudburst. The original idea grew out of a story about a character called Mozo, but it has become more personal and the red sea creates a distance, a distance from love."
Y lo que sugiere Gabriel apunta hacia la estrecha relación entre lo interno y lo externo: sobre cómo los eventos internos afectan el ambiente externo o lo que Jung llamaba la dimensión psicoide. Y es por medio de esa dimensión arquetipal que todos estamos conectados.
Versión original:
Red rain is coming down Red rain Red rain is pouring down Pouring down all over me I am standing up at the waters edge in my dream I cannot make a single sound as you scream It cant be that cold, the ground is still warm to touch This place is so quiet, sensing that storm Red rain is coming down Red rain Red rain is pouring down Pouring down all over me Well Ive seen them buried in a sheltered place in this town They tell you that this rain can sting, and look down There is no blood around see no sign of pain Hay ay ay no pain Seeing no red at all, see no rain Red rain is coming down Red rain Red rain is pouring down Pouring down all over me Red rain- Putting the pressure on much harder now To return again and again Just let the red rain splash you Let the rain fall on your skin I come to you defences down With the trust of a child Red rain is coming down Red rain Red rain is pouring down Pouring down all over me And I cant watch any more No more denial Its so hard to lay down in all of this Red rain is coming down Red rain is pouring down Red rain is coming down all over me I see it Red rain is coming down Red rain is pouring down Red rain is coming down all over me Im bathing in it Red rain coming down Red rain is coming down Red rain is coming down all over me Im begging you Red rain coming down Red rain coming down Red rain coming down Red rain coming down Over me in the red red sea Over me Over me Red rain
Pensaba que Alanis Morrisette tenía que conocer de la psicología de Carl Jung pues el contenido de varias de sus canciones revela principios fundamentales de esta psicología. En esta entrevista valida mi hipotesis: