Carl Jung was one of the first in Western psychology to emphasize the need in each of us for balance, balance between the conscious and the unconscious, thought and feeling, the cognitive and the affective, the male and the female. This is a very similar concept to the yin and the yang of oriental philosophy.

This painting depicts the search for the unconscious self, for the shadow ("our other aspect") and the "soul-image", or animus in the woman. A hint of the shadow-self can be seen in the upper left of the picture, and a lion-like male face appears as the animus on the vase to the right.

For Cooper Johri this serves as a reminder of our constant need to marry the tangible and the intangible, to match tools and process. It also emphasizes the need for all of us to continually work to know ourselves better so we can improve what we do and how we do it.

Linda Schneider-Granatstein studied fine arts in Montreal, and first exhibited in 1976: since that time her work has been shown extensively across Canada and the United States. Prior to her career as an artist, Lynda obtained a masters degree in counselling.