Chaos and control : a psychoanalytic perspective on unfolding creative minds /
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Routledge,
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Publisher Address: | Abingdon, Oxon : |
Publication Dates: | 2018. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xxiv, 280 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-269) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781782202943 1782202943 |
Index Number: | BF408 |
CLC: |
J04 J20-05 |
Call Number: | J20-05/S681 |
Contents: | Introduction -- Part I. Theories, conditions, and obstacles -- Chaos and control in the creative process -- Talent and creativity -- The role of the accident in the creative act -- The psychodynamics of creative blocks -- On not knowing: discerning the mental and emotional requirements of creative work -- Why bother? From indifference to passion -- Is creativity dangerous? -- Art and madness -- Part II. My own development -- Music: my first love -- How painting became a passion -- Creativity: from the painting studio to the consulting room -- The evolution of a painting -- Love and hate in the creative process -- Destructiveness and raparation: a retrospective -- From mistake to mistake: the creative process in four large paintings -- As in the flesh. |