Clear Archetypal Structure

I was banned from watching mainstream programming…

I grew up in a house without television. Mainstream programming was banned, but we were allowed to watch classic films—mostly musicals from the 1950s and 60s. Fiddler on the Roof, Mary Poppins, The King and I, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music—these became foundational for me, visually and emotionally. I return to them now, as a painter and mother, and I…