Beginnings and Endings: A Story's Final Chapter (Gran Torino)

Jungian analyst Karen Magee illustrates the relevance of Clint Eastwood's film for our lives in this workshop.

Saturday, July 11
10 am - 4 pm (1 hour break for lunch)
$100 ($90 Jung Center members)
5 CE hours
A box lunch will be provided.

Explore the depths of psychological meaning found in Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino and discover its significance for our own stories. When telling our stories, which beginnings and endings are revealed? Which memories and themes from a life appear on the pages? And, as in Eastwood's story of Walt Kowalski, might the words and images that fill the pages of a single chapter become what matter most?

Walt Kowalski is living into the last chapter of his life in a neighborhood and world that no longer resemble the home and life he once knew. It is here that he encounters an unexpected, unwanted invitation. In responding consciously, soulfully, Kowalski rewrites his story's final chapter, and in doing this, leaves behind his legacy for those so recently embraced.

Living into our own stories, there will always be those beginnings and endings, with much to discover, contemplate, and gather for the pages we write, and the stories we choose to tell. During the workshop, lecture, film, individual and group exercises, and discussion will provide the material for reflection on our stories.

Karen Magee, MA, LMFT, LPC, is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Houston and a senior training analyst with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, where she currently serves as chair of the ethics committee. An instructor, lecturer, and workshop leader locally and nationally, Karen is recognized for her work with ethics and for the use of film to invite a deeper understanding of one's personal psychology and life in relationship to the world. She has been an instructor at the Jung Center for the past 20 years.

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