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Color as a Language of the Unconscious: Art between Visual Thinking and Linguistic Structure of Experience
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| Year of publication | 2025 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | This paper explores the intersection of art, language, and cognition from the perspective of the therapeutic and symbolic power of color. Drawing is understood here not merely as an aesthetic activity, but as a form of nonverbal communication—a visual language that expresses meanings inaccessible to ordinary speech. Based on the theories of linguistic relativity (Sapir, Whorf), symbolic communication (Goodman, Langer), and analytical psychology (Jung), the study demonstrates how visual experience structures thinking in a manner similar to linguistic categorization. Color and form, as pre-verbal elements of perception, enable individuals to externalize unconscious contents and, through creative activity, reconstruct personal meaning. In a therapeutic context, the translation of images into words becomes a process of integration—a bridge connecting the emotional, cognitive, and spiritual dimensions of the human being. Thus, art is viewed as both a linguistic and spiritual medium that unifies the expressive and healing potentials of human experience. |
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