James Hillman is a psychologist and author of The Soul's Code,
recently at the top of the New York Times bestseller list. His essay
"Going Bugs" is a classic exposition of the meaning of bugs in the human
psyche. Hillman examines the role that bugs - insects and
creepy-crawlies - play in dreams and how human reaction to them is
symptomatic of larger concerns about animals and the natural world.
Satya talked with him recently about bugs and the ducks and chickens
with whom he lives in eastern Connecticut.