Psychoanalysis and the Artistic Endeavor offers an intriguing window onto the creative thinking of several well-known and highly creative individuals. Internationally renowned writers, painters, choreographers, and others converse with the author about their work and how it has been informed by their life experience. The conversations provide insight not only into the art at hand and into the perspective of each artist on his or her own work, but into the mind from which the work springs.
Key Features
- Unique insights from various artists about their creative processes.
- Engaging conversations that are lively and accessible.
- Reflection on the interplay of personal experience and artistic creation.
- Guidance towards a deeper psychologically oriented understanding of art.
- A valuable resource for psychoanalysts and scholars.
Additional Information
The interviews are lively in a way critical writing by its very nature is not, rendering the ideas all that much more accessible. The transcription of the live interview reveals the kind of reflection censored elsewhere, the interplay of personal experience and creative process that are far more self-consciously shaped in a text written for print. Neither private conversation nor public lecture, neither crafted response (as to the media) nor freely associative discourse (as in the analytic consulting room), these interviews have elements of all. This is a unique collection of particular interest for psychoanalysts, scholars, and anyone looking for a deeper understanding of the creative process.
