Published by Carolina Massa and Óscar Preciado on June 7, 2024 in:
Reviews, Colaterales, Literature, Poetry and Philosophy.
"Reading a book teaches us more than speaking with its author, because the author has put only his best thoughts into the book."
— René Descartes
The book Colaterales by Óscar Preciado is a work rich in symbolism and meaning, inviting us to reflect on the connection between our personal experiences and the world around us.
The idea that each reader establishes a unique connection with the work through their own subjectivity is interesting, as it suggests that reading can be a transformative and enriching experience.
I found a relation to what psychoanalyst Carl Gustav Jung defined as a principle of acausal connections.
Jungian synchronicity studies the way in which we establish connections through a set of coincidences that are not truly coincidences because he considers them synchronicities and does not believe there is anything accidental in our lives.
This theory seeks to explain how our unconscious world connects with the conscious world, as well as the influence of the past, both personal and collective, and how its interaction with present consciousness promotes the process of integration.
By examining these theories we can more deeply understand the author's intention and discover the importance he gives to his readers as connections that bring new meaning and purpose to his work.
"I believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book."
— J.K. Rowling
Another element immersed in the universe of Colaterales is the almond blossom.
This may be evoking the brevity of those great joys that take root in memory and that we constantly invoke with longing, for they preserve elements of our purest identity.
"Works of art are always born from those who have faced danger, who have gone to the extreme of experience, to the point that no human can surpass. The more one sees, the more proper, more personal, more unique a life becomes."
— Rainer Maria Rilke
Reference
- ***** Carolina Massa ***** (@cagimass — @Autovigilantes)
Clinical-Educational Humanistic Psychology — Pontifical Xavierian University