Analysis for Fury, 21 January 2003

This is how you described the room:

The room is vast and cool, with marble flooring, long slender windows and fluted columns with arches. There's sunlight pouring in from clerestory windows, and the sunlight has motes in it. The room is very still, but there is the sound of running water coming from a fountain, which is not seen, but heard in the distance.

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 room is neither comfortable nor uncomfortable; this suggests the subject had a bland, uninspiring childhood. The significant detail in the description of the room tells us that the subject has rich, lasting memories of childhood.

You wanted to leave the room.

The subject wanted to become an adult.

This is how you described the forest:

The forest is a forest in Autumn. It is bright, crisp, with the smell of dry leaves. Since it is early autumn, there is still a mix of green leaves in with the changing ones. The leaves are mostly red and yellow. There is the rich smell of smoke and loam and there forest is bright with lots of oak, maple and other deciduous trees.

The forest is growing up, and the trees are those adults with whom the subject interacted at that time. Average-sized trees imply the normal influence adults have on a child: neither insignificant nor impressive. Average lighting tells us that the subject received enough attention from the adults to be guided but not oppressed.

This is how you described the path:

The path is dark brown dirt, medium sized, fairly well-traveled, but there are no trail markings or otherwise. It goes off into the horizon, darking as it does.

Adolescence is represented by the path through the forest. The visibility of the path tells us that the subject had a good idea of what to expect from adolescence. The strong evidence of fellow travelers tells us that the subject received a lot of support from friends and family during that potentially troubling time. That the path is free of obstructions indicates that the subject had no problems during adolescence.

This is how you described the water:

The water is beautiful, sparking, clear, stream. It is icy cold, and rushing over the stony bottom. There are deep pools here and there, and I can see the silhouettes of trout floating here and there, deeply peaceful in the still spots that exist in any moving body of water.

The water is the subject’s sexuality. What interests us here is the clarity of the water (representing attitude) and its movement (representing libido). The movement of the water suggests a normal, average if somewhat playful sex drive. Clear water tells us that the subject has no issues regarding sex. The presence of life in or around the water indicates a strong desire for children.

When you came to the water, you crossed it.

The subject is open to new sexual experiences.

This is how you described the cup:

It is brushed silvery metal, probably steel, because it has a solid heft to it. It is chilly to the touch. It is handsome in the way that things with good industrial design are handsome. I pick it up and find that it fits my hand very well.

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 took the cup and filled it.

The subject is interested in marriage, and sex will be a significant part of that relationship.

This is how you described the key:

The key is an old-fashioned key, like a skeleton key. It is long and also of a silvery metal, but patched here and there with discolorations. The discolorations are not ugly, but rather give the key dignity and character. I have a feeling it probably opens a door.

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). Having the key open a house, car, or other commonplace use tells us that the subject has no extraordinary expectations about a career. Old-fashioned keys suggest that the subject desires a traditional 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.