A Return to Textual Practice: The Soul’s Code
The tactile balanced with the textual, An unanticipated turn of events has me reading James Hillman’s ‘The Soul’s Code’ something that came up through an encounter with ‘imaginal psychotherapy’ and a seminal text in the realm which I happened to find on my shared bookshelf, handed down from a much respected and beloved mentor. It picks up the thread I dropped off. My soul craves philosophy but upon delving too deep I feel untethered, my only true way to metabolise the theory through material, bringing the textual back through the lens of the tactile. In Nepal I picked up a book called Caste, I was interested in understanding the theory of being born into social allotments. That one’s destiny is foretold, chosen in some way beyond class structures. The book did not really satisfy this curiosity of mine, but rather outlined the rise and fall of several individuals and movements in the anti caste struggle, one which appears much more related to perpetuating class structur...
