No Shadow, No Light
Yesterday, at the Virayoga Studio, I went to a workshop called Drag the Dark Into the Light. I wanted to go because I am a big fan of the theory of the human shadow, proposed by Carl Gustav Jung, among others. In it, Jung said that we should acknowledge the dark side of ourselves and channeling it, for ignoring the darkness in us makes its manifestation out of proportion.
For me personally, writing about death, darkness, anger and depression in my poetry is one of the ways I deal with this shadow. Admiring the music and words of Nick Cave, PJ Harvey and Bauhaus, as well as the cinematic work of Gaspar Noe (to put an example that many consider extreme) are ways to deal with this shadow. What I like about this workshop I went to, is that it resonated with me while reminding me of other ways of dealing with the shadow that are more difficult but deserve equal attention and resolution.
So, as I was in the workshop I remembered this song by the Venezuelan band Sentimiento Muerto, a favourite since I was 10 years old that grew even more on me as I grew older. This is the lyric:
Sin Sombra No Hay Luz (No Shadow, No Light)
I get bewildered by seeing
How blind your reasoning can be.
What you're looking for
Remains the same
Unnoticed by your eyes ...
It has always been there,
It's part of you,
It has never been lost.
Just an oversight:
Without Shadow, there's no light.
No Shadow, No Light
I get bewildered by seeing
How blind your reasoning can be
You are going to find
What you're looking for,
Unnoticed in your eyes ...
It has always been there,
It's a part of you,
It has never been lost.
Just an oversight ...
And you enjoy pain without condemnation
Killing with indifference
Pretending to laugh,
While dying inside
With false joy
you comfort the absence.
No Shadow, No Light.
For me personally, writing about death, darkness, anger and depression in my poetry is one of the ways I deal with this shadow. Admiring the music and words of Nick Cave, PJ Harvey and Bauhaus, as well as the cinematic work of Gaspar Noe (to put an example that many consider extreme) are ways to deal with this shadow. What I like about this workshop I went to, is that it resonated with me while reminding me of other ways of dealing with the shadow that are more difficult but deserve equal attention and resolution.
So, as I was in the workshop I remembered this song by the Venezuelan band Sentimiento Muerto, a favourite since I was 10 years old that grew even more on me as I grew older. This is the lyric:
Sin Sombra No Hay Luz (No Shadow, No Light)
I get bewildered by seeing
How blind your reasoning can be.
What you're looking for
Remains the same
Unnoticed by your eyes ...
It has always been there,
It's part of you,
It has never been lost.
Just an oversight:
Without Shadow, there's no light.
No Shadow, No Light
I get bewildered by seeing
How blind your reasoning can be
You are going to find
What you're looking for,
Unnoticed in your eyes ...
It has always been there,
It's a part of you,
It has never been lost.
Just an oversight ...
And you enjoy pain without condemnation
Killing with indifference
Pretending to laugh,
While dying inside
With false joy
you comfort the absence.
No Shadow, No Light.