Sunday Focus: Synchronicity

Photo by Meg Boscov

[Editor’s Note: This ongoing Sunday feature pairs photographs from Meg Boscov with a thought (or two) from the managing editor about focusing on tiny things to find something significant. Click on the picture itself to view at full size.]

 

 

“The term synchronicity is coined by Jung to express a concept that belongs to him: the acausal connection of two or more psychic and physical phenomena.” — Carl-Jung.Net What is that light in the photograph? The sun? The moon? A well-placed flashlight? Or is it that at that exact moment, a car drove at the exact angle to shine, into the shot, a lone headlight?

 

“Synchronicity / A connecting principle, / Linked to the invisible / Almost imperceptible / Something inexpressible.” — The Police The question of synchronicity, for Jung, was “What archetype lurks behind the connection?” Is it light?—the archetype of illumination? Or is it the darkness of the unknown? This Sunday, the photograph speaks of connections between seemingly unconnected chance events. Imagine the world brought these things together for a purpose. Imagine the purpose is you.

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Meg Boscov is a photographer who lives and works outside of Philadelphia where she continues to pursue her careers in animal-assisted education and dog training. She can be reached on instagram at megboscov.

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