shadows are uncanny.

Sigmund Freud's concept of the uncanny is the belief that something “can be familiar, yet strange at the same time.” Much can be said throughout my life with the uncanny. I feel everyday, we pretty much deal with the uncanny every second of our lives. Much like The Matrix, everything around us is mostly man-made. Everything mad-made is uncanny if you think about it. Other than nature, all the things we seem to have wouldn't have been even thought of half a century ago. A phone that takes pictures, plays music and retrieves information?!? BLASPHEMY!
When in comes to Jung's “shadow,” I firmly believe that everyone has at least one symbol in their life, in which they would never forget, that would eventually determine how they carry out their lives. Religion? The cross, the cresent, the star of david? Other than religion, past experiences carve their way into anyone's brain. Example: about two years ago, I got into a car accident that pretty much sucked the life out of my left leg. After that experience,my heart tends to skip whenever im in a car, and a swerve occurs. I am definitely haunted by my “shadows.”