It suddenly occurred to me why I love so much Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter in the recent Tim Burton film "Alice in Wonderland." He is the "id" part in all of us brought to life.
The "id" is the creative genius, staying up all night making crazy beautiful hats, buried amid his bolts of fabric, bric brac, and bobbins.
He is the joy we experience in reuniting with an old friend. He is the happy dance we do when we are victorious. He is the part inside us that gets angry and gets things done, action, not intellect, our range of dazzling emotion. He is our courage, our "muchness."
There is such a thing as too much "muchness"...and such a thing as losing our "muchness."
I wish everyone could embrace our Mad Hatters and reclaim our country. We need him right now.
What pleasure Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, two mad hatters, must experience when working together.
Interesting thought.
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Anyway, I can't help but ponder the id.
I mean, without the id, an idiot makes no sense, an idea is never born, and an ideal is just something you order at a sushi restaurant.
Hmmm.
Curiouser and curiouser....