, ▁cart o ons ▁for ▁the ▁sat ir ical ▁magazine ▁Neb el sp alter , ▁post ers , ▁and ▁port ra its . ▁ ▁He ▁met ▁his ▁future ▁wife ▁Sib yl le ▁O eri ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 3 0 s , ▁and ▁they ▁married ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 . ▁ ▁One ▁evening , ▁while ▁working ▁in ▁his ▁studio , ▁he ▁was ▁struck ▁by ▁the ▁image ▁of ▁a ▁moth ▁flutter ing ▁against ▁the ▁window . ▁ ▁He ▁painted ▁this ▁image ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁and ▁later ▁interpreted ▁it ▁as ▁symbol ic ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁state ▁of ▁mind : ▁the ▁moth , ▁representing ▁his ▁soul , ▁was ▁struggling ▁against ▁the ▁glass ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁light , ▁representing ▁conscious ness . ▁ ▁This ▁image ▁precip itated ▁a ▁crisis ▁in ▁his ▁career , ▁resulting ▁in ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁st agn ation ▁and ▁de pression . ▁ ▁During ▁this ▁period , ▁he ▁encountered ▁works ▁of ▁C . G . ▁Jung , ▁and ▁began ▁to ▁analyze ▁his ▁dream s . ▁ ▁He ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁entered ▁Jung ian ▁analysis ▁with ▁Marie - Lou ise ▁von ▁Franz . ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁next ▁ 3 5 ▁years , ▁he ▁collected ▁and ▁worked ▁on ▁over ▁ 3 , 4 0 0 ▁of ▁his ▁dream s , ▁discuss ing ▁them ▁with ▁von ▁Franz ▁and ▁corresponding ▁with ▁Jung ▁himself . ▁ ▁As ▁he ▁interpreted ▁them , ▁his ▁dream s ▁often ▁reflected ▁images ▁of ▁himself ▁as ▁st ult ified ▁by ▁art istic ▁tradition , ▁and ▁ur ged ▁him ▁to