CHAOS AND CONTROL. A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Unfolding Creative Minds

Safan-Gerard. Desy

Published by Los Angeles 2018

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This book explores the role of chaos and control in the creative process as well as the difference between talent and creativity. Part One explores some of the common biases and pitfalls in the analysis of creative people, the role of the accidental in creative work, the nature of creative blocks, passion and its absence, as well as the problem of being able to exercise oneÆs freedom. The author describes the special needs of creative patients, the common problems arising in therapy, their solutions, and, most importantly, the analystÆs distinctive role when dealing with such patients. She also examines how narcissism, neurosis, and psychosis affect creative work. Part Two reinforces the themes of the first part by describing the process and history of the authorÆs own creative path. These are mostly autobiographical accounts of her overall emotional relationship to the arts, reinforcing the themes presented in Part One: the significance of visual artwork; the role of destructiveness; the importance of love and hate during creative work; the role of mistakes, and the special role of music in the authorÆs paintings based on Pierre BoulezÆs music as well as in her overall oeuvre. The chapter entitled ôMusic: My First Loveö contains an account of the creation of her series of nine paintings based on Le marteau sans ma?tre by Pierre Boulez, which has been posted on KarnacÆs blog Karnacology., English, Year2018, Illust. B/W2, Illust. Color128, ISBN 9781782202943, Code 7149. Hardbound, In Pristine Condition, Index. Bibl. Pages 280, Size 9öx 6ö. Seller Inventory # 7149

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Title: CHAOS AND CONTROL. A Psychoanalytic ...

Publisher: Los Angeles 2018

Binding: Hardcover