Analysis for Gentry, 6 March 2000

This is how you described the room:

The room is warm. the covers are clouds the ceiling is painted like the sky half day time half night. the window has bright lite shining through it you guess it must be after 10:00 oclock

The initial room is the subject’s childhood. What interests us here is the general atmosphere of the room, in addition to the level of furnishings described by the subject. This comfortable room suggests a childhood that was pleasant.

You wanted to stay in the room.

The subject did not want to grow up.

This is how you described the forest:

The forest is full of trees you are guessing from the leaves they are spruces, oaks, pines, maples and many others, you can't identify. From how bright it was in the room it seems like night from all the trees.

The forest is growing up, and the trees are those adults with whom the subject interacted at that time. A semi-dark forest tells us that the subject felt somewhat oppressed by the attention the adults gave. Average-sized trees imply the normal influence adults have on a child: neither insignificant nor impressive.

This is how you described the path:

The path is barely visible under all the brush that is there. you move some of the brush and see that the path is pretty wide. then you realize where you remembered the room from you had a dream a couple nights ago so you wonder if you are dreaming you pinch yourself and realize you are awake

Adolescence is represented by the path through the forest. That plants are the major source of obstructions tells us that the subject’s problems arose mostly from interactions with adults. Poor visibility of the path tells us the subject was often confused by the changes brought on by adolescence. A wide path indicates that the subject had numerous options for emotional growth at this time.

This is how you described the water:

After about one hour you come to some water it is really smooth you can't tell whether or not it is man made or not. It is in an L shape from what you can see of it you feel it it is surprisingly warm

The water is the subject’s sexuality. What interests us here is the clarity of the water (representing attitude) and its movement (representing libido). Slow, gently moving water suggests a passive, restrained, calm sex drive.

When you came to the water, you crossed it.

The subject is open to new sexual experiences.

This is how you described the cup:

you had found a bridge and crossed it when you get to the other side you find a canteen it is empty but you don't know who's it is so you leave it and continue on the trail

The vessel, or specifically the practicality of the vessel, is how the subject approaches marriage or bonding. A practical container indicates that the subject is pragmatic when it comes to questions of marriage.

You left the cup behind.

The subject is not interested in marriage.

This is how you described the key:

the key looks like a skeleton key you have no idea what its for but you take it just in case

The key is the ideal career for the subject. What interests us here is how the key appears (representing how others view the career) and what it may open (representing the subject’s goals for the career). Old-fashioned keys suggest that the subject desires a traditional career. Versatile keys tell us that the subject has numerous but unfocused expectations about a career.

You avoided the bear.

In a crisis, the subject prefers the indirect, non-confrontational approach.

When you came to the wall, you jumped over it.

The wall represents death: by jumping over it, the subject not only acknowledges death but has come to accept its finality.

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