Mind』(1985), 『Kicking a Dead Horse』(2007)를 짓는 등, 최근까지도 활발한 극본 제작 활동을 하고 있다.
Sam Shepard는 영화배우, 영화 시나리오 작가, 영화감독으로도 활발히 활동했는데, 그의 배우로서의 삶은 1962년에 뉴욕에 정착한 이후 『Apples in the Tree』(1963)로 시작했다. 대표적인 출연작은 『Days of Heaven』(1
in soot I sleep.
5 There little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head
6 That curled like a lambs back, was shaved, so I said,
7 Hush Tom never mind it, for when your head's bare,
8 You know that the soot cannot spoil your while hair.
9 And so he was quiet, & that very night,
10 as Tom was a sleeping he had such a sight,
11 That thousands of sweepers Dick, Joe Ned
in soot I sleep.
5 There little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head
6 That curled like a lambs back, was shaved, so I said,
7 Hush Tom never mind it, for when your head's bare,
8 You know that the soot cannot spoil your while hair.
9 And so he was quiet, & that very night,
10 as Tom was a sleeping he had such a sight,
11 That thousands of sweepers Dick, Joe Ned
In a full-hearted evensong
20 Of joy illimited;
21 An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small,
22 In blast-beruffled plume,
23 Had chosen thus to fling his soul
24 Upon the growing gloom.
25 So little cause for carolings
26 Of such ecstatic sound
27 Was written on terrestrial things
28 A far or nigh around,
29 That I could think there trembled
모더니즘 이원론
집단무의식에 기초한 축적된 경험 세계
인간 내적인 세계
심리적/감지된/무의식적 세계
집합적/집단적 기억의 세계
인간의 유한성 내의 이상적 상태
= 세속적 완벽(profane perfection)
전통적 신화 속에 보존된 세계
자기부정을 통해 도달할 수 있는 세계
=“개인성으로부터