Aww, anon! Well, to sum up my reaction to your reply, I certainly love you too because you hit the nail on the head, particularly with this: i feel like different readers will experience this formulating perhaps totally different connections based on their lived experiences and histories consciously or not. also i feel this is the same on the author's side, and it's the way that all these viewpoints cross and dissect each other that generates so much discussion. That is exactly what is, anon! Like a woman will never be able to write like a man, to go for the most obvious example. Each group and individual has a separate literary identity. That is why I love doing what I do, with the 7 odd people who surround me because no one ever has the right answer, and we can think of 30 answers for the same question. It blows my mind everyday. Oh, and this is the meme I meant: http://mlkshk.com/r/2BEK! It's a pretty spot on observation, haha.

And yes, the Jung point, although I literally have no primary knowledge of Jung. But that is what it is, a layering of everything, and I'm kind of a naturalist so I split it into the genes and context but different people give different explanations for the source and pattern of these multiple voices. My point with Shakespeare was that he anticipated so many major, modern discourses in a way that you cannot write free of a Shakespearean canon. You might not have read him and think you're being original but there is a good chance he's already done it, haha.

And this reply is so long again, too, I'm sorry! And no, you don't sound dumb at all. Believe me, I was and probably still am the most average of my graduating class so we're all love and equality here for sure.