Jensen presents the story of Carr's life and individuation from a Jungian perspective, using her own journals and autobiographical writings.
'It was C.G. Jung's view that artists' works may symbolize the vanguard of consciousness as it will emerge more concretely in the future of human culture's evolution. In this impressive study of the life and work of the Canadian artist Emily Carr, Jungian analyst Dr. Phyllis Marie Jensen demonstrates exactly this thesis: the artist as forerunner of what we today see resplendently active in many forms all around us, the emerging sense of anima mundi in nature and human constructions, and additionally a poignant and sharp critique of humanity's shadow cast over the planetary environment. This book is an important contribution to our awareness of the supreme value of artistic creativity.' - Murray Stein, Ph.D., author of Minding the Self (Routledge, 2014).