Fashion Nomadic Poem
Lacan speaks of the unconscious "structured as a language." (Joris, 2003, p.45)
Joris (2003) “The unconscious likes language” (p. 45)
color
patterns
textures
SHAPE
her language
fluency
=
visual language found in tactile form
as syntax
open my closet door, and it
is screaming at you.
Well, maybe telling a joke and wanting you
to laugh too. a wink.
hehe
Jung (1971): "The unconscious is structured like a rhizome."
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Spinelli Kilcollin ring: anima and animus
Navy Capri's: even lionesses need days off.
Tank Air halter: Persona mumbo jumbo.
Nike Air Spiridon Zoom SP: Lover of the classics.
von Franz: “We see that people also put on clothes not to represent the persona but to express their true attitude” (1985, p. 22).
my unconscious is like my closet.
everything’s in here:
everysinglepartofmerepresented
the anima/animus, shadow- Eek,
there's that ego!
A mycelium of kel's psyche.
no archetype missed
no memory left behind
it’s here in fabric
in footwear
in my jewelry box
and dresser.
"Fashion not only protects us from reminders of decay, but it’s also a mirror to hold up, fix the shady boundaries of the psychological self” (Wilson, 2003, p. 59).
shadow armor via
````````animus garments’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’
(god damn it)
Perception!
Jerseys from teams I don’t know
baggy jeans one could swim in
armor
The Silverlake uniform
oh yeah this part is (REDACTED)
fashion as an archetypal
language.
Symbols and signs communicate who we are
to the world
“Roland Barthes’ linguistics and semiology… state that fashion is a language in a closed and arbitrary system, meaning its meanings are generally relative to the person… fashion has no history in material function and it is a system of signs devoted to naturalizing the arbitrary” (Wilson, 2003, p. 57).
Archetypal form in fabric
My unconscious is like my closet.
References:
Joris, P. (2003). A nomad poetics. Wesleyan University Press.
Jung, C. G. (1971). Psychological types (H. G. Baynes, Trans.; R. F. C. Hull, Rev. ed.). Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1921)
von Franz, M.-L. (1995). Shadow and evil in fairy tales (2nd ed.). Shambhala.
Wilson, E. (2003). Adorned in dreams: Fashion and modernity (2nd ed.). I.B. Tauris.
