Shame and Creativity : Routledge : 9781138206762 : 1138206768 : 23 Aug 2017 : Shame and Creativity: From Affect Towards Individuation is about shame and the ways in which we can use creative methods to transform shame into a lifelong process of self-development. Using a Jungian understanding of the personal and collective unconscious, shame is described as a key affect in relation to self-worth and quality of life. The book is divided into three parts. Part One is about shame, based on affect theory, Jungian psychology and psychological creativity. Part Two discusses shame in relation to seven primary affects, introducing the ?Blue Diamante model' to describe how shame is often hidden behind other affects and suggesting that all affects must be involved in processing shame. Part Three identifies the steps in the ?Blue Diamante model' with the ancient myth of Inanna's descent to the underworld; it discusses the development of the original self behind shame and presents a new model fo