Depth Psychology mirrors Art’s ‘unintentional’ exclusion of mothers; all of the founding women scholars of Jungian psychology were childless; Marion Woodman, Toni Wolff, Marie Louise Von Franz, Hannah Barbara, Aniela Jaffe, Esther Harding, just to name a few. Many of these women contributed to the Jungian theory concept of the Mother Archetype, while, like the men of Jungian theory, lacking any embodied experience (the expectations, limitations, and dichotomies) of mothering children.

The picture becomes a tangible symbol of a shared quality – expressed differently in him than in me – that connects us. In this light, the photograph becomes an alchemical artifact that bridges mind and matter.
