Chaos and control : a psychoanalytic perspective on unfolding creative minds /

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Main Authors: Safán-Gerard, Desy (Author)
Published: Routledge,
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.