ah … the mighty ‘id’
those basic instincts
of sex and aggression
instant gratification
impulses unplanned
pouncing
inopportunely
slips of the tongue
shadows in paintings
subplots in poetry
our unconscious primal beast
growling
claw flexing eye fixing
glimpsed in dreams
free association
meditation
a breath
only a breath
of the whole
cbt
I'm not sure Freud really was a clever bloke. See Jeffrey Masson's 'Against Therapy'. Freud was the pseudo scientist extraordinaire! Though you do capture the essence of what he asserted. It's inspired me. Expect a Freud sceptical piece sometime around 2017! I work at a snail's pace.
Hello Cynthia. I didn't know that about it/Id. So thanks for that.I like the idea of subplots/buried meaning, though I'd have to say that's not what subplots are generally supposed to mean.
Good response Cynthia! x
What about - the subtle meanings that creep through our choices of figurative ideas/specific word usage - that often reveal far more about ourselves than we realize? 'it' is the original Latin meaning of 'id'... just plain old 'it' ...undefinable ... Freud was a clever bloke.
Steve and Ray, I'm thinking that we aren't in sync with the idea of 'subplots' as being 'buried meaning.) What is your definition? And I'm open to suggestions always.
I wonder why you call the poem it rather than id?impulses unplanned is quite tautological.
shadows in paintings - that's very good, but "subplots" in poetry don't work for me.
Ah, I was just about to say what Stella had already said. So how to be original.You've actually taken an unusual topic, the id, and written about it very well. Capturing it succinctly. Yet, I don't know why, maybe I'm not in the mood, I don't 'enjoy' it very much as a poem. It doesn't have the 'wow' factor.
Excellent - agree with Stella, what a spark you are!
<Deleted User> (6315)
Tue 8th May 2012 12:31
Oh you have captured this well Cynthia.
We do need somewhere for our primal beast to roam free and easy. May only be a part of the whole but it sure growls loudly!
Enjoyed the whole :)
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Jonnie Falafel
Wed 22nd May 2013 08:12
Almost forgot. The other thing that struck me was your signature at the end of the poem... cbt. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.... pretty much the opposite approach to psychoanalysis! Sorry for going off at tangents!