Muttering Monsters

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SU5FSvi_QM]

Hate has a lot in common with love… that fixation on the other… We each have a muttering monster living in our hearts who is not going to stop muttering about others until we really listen to what he has to say.

Illustrations by Bob Hobbs, from Shadow in the USA

Nested Russian Dolls

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kugVsHhXnDE]

We're not just stuck in ego and family roles; we're stuck in social-historical-mythological roles as well.

Illustrations by Bob Hobbs, from Shadow in the USA

History

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4FubULXkFQ]

How a little old lady in Oregon became crazy enough to think she ought to promote a better understanding of the human shadow, and why the resulting book is illustrated.

Illustrations by Bob Hobbs, from Shadow in the USA

Something is amiss, and it’s lurking in our shadows

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oic_OBNiID4]

Your "shadow" is the stuff you don't like about yourself, the stuff you don't want anyone else to know about you. And if you just can't stand to face some of your own stuff, then you will see your own stuff on someone else's face.

Illustrations by Bob Hobbs, from "Shadow in the USA"

Integration

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvEvwJ8NbEU]

We can't "get rid of" our shadows. But we can strive to integrate — to successfully combine — the inner and the outer.

Illustrations by Bob Hobbs for "Shadow in the USA"