This Jungian Life Podcast Trauma Can Be Rewritten: The Use of Art to Reimagine our Past and Grant Us New Life
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May 1, 2025 Viviane Silvera, an award-winning artist and filmmaker, intertwines art and neuroscience to explore trauma and memory. She discusses her animated film 'See Memory,' which portrays the journey of healing from traumatic pasts. The conversation unpacks how opposing viewpoints reshape our understanding of trauma and the brain's storage of memories. Silvera emphasizes the therapeutic powers of art, the malleability of memories, and how confronting uncomfortable truths can foster personal growth and transform identities.
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Memory Shapes Identity and Meaning
- Memory is the fabric of our identity and without it, life has no meaning.
- Memory is mutable, shaped by imagination, past and present, art, and science.
Agency Over Memory Formation
- We have more agency over memory than we realize by choosing what to pay attention to and associate.
- Intervening in memories can transform painful ones and give us control over our past.
Memory Is Constructed and Malleable
- Memories are not recordings but narratives constructed by the brain, blending fact and fiction.
- Neurologically, experienced and imagined memories are indistinguishable in the brain.
