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The Red Book Hours: Discovering C.G. Jung’s Art Mediums and Creative Process by Jill Mellick

Amazon Review — Jan Fisher: “You would think that a book about pigment and technique would be boring, but Jill Mellick has framed this research as a beautifully written detective mystery, with a surprise around each corner, the questions multiplying, and the answers sequentially divulged. She makes a compelling case for Jung’s technique, artistry, physical and spatial conditions, state of mind, and intent in creating the intricate paintings in The Red Book. She also embeds the discussion in the greater work of Jung’s life. She richly describes the place and setting of his creative work, and his physical experience while creating, so that the material feels deeply embodied and engages the reader. It feels like an intimate journey with Jung. In this way, this book explicates the essence of the creative process, of active imagination, of the felt experience of creating for creation’s sake, from a deeply felt experience. I highly recommend using the Red Book alongside the Red Book Hours, as it amplifies the experience to see the full work in the Red Book contrasted with the segments highlighted in The Red Book Hours. Reading this book does nothing less than steep one in the deep unconscious and the flow of the creative process. Warning – after reading this book, you may be compelled to start creating!”

Amazon Review: Margaret: “I was astonished by the breadth and comprehensiveness of research within ‘The Red Book Hours’. Immersing myself in it has been an incredible journey! It is so beautifully written. This is as much a book about the art of Carl Jung, as it is a monumental work of art itself.

The close up magnified crops from ‘The Red Book’ illuminations are remarkable and fascinating to study. Especially when viewed side-by-side with my copy of ‘The Red Book’. This truly is a companion title.

It has brought a newly intimate, and much more integrated, perspective to my understanding of Carl Jung’s personal day to day life, his home and work environs, and his profound commitment to his creative processes.

This should be required reading for any student or practitioner not just of Jungian orientation, but of art, art history and art conservation.”

Amazon Review: Sue  Lebeck: “Jungian psychotherapist, author and teacher Jill Mellick has helped many thousands of people come to know themselves via self-expression through the creative arts. With “The Red Book Hours”, Mellick goes to the source of this practice, Carl Jung’s own expressions as contained in his personal art journal The Red Book.”

With impassioned curiosity, persistent research and deep respect, Mellick brings us an intimate look into the physical spaces and materials that Jung relied on, hour after hour, to reveal his own inner knowing. “The Red Book Hours” is a witness to life’s creative journey — whether Jung’s, Mellick’s or the reader’s own — and to the potentially myriad and personally specific forms it may take.

A beautiful and richly red book, mine stands upright in my favorite room where I can see it every day, connecting me to a creative process that has shaped my own. For those with a drive to explore their own depths, perhaps to create their own Red Book, I would recommend exploring Mellick’s full authorship portfolio.”