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Author Safan-Gerard, Desy

Title Chaos and Control : a Psychoanalytic Perspective on Unfolding Creative Minds
Published Milton : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (305 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; Preface to "Chaos and Control"; Acknowledgements; About the Author; Introduction; Part I: Theories, Conditions, and Obstacles; Chapter One Chaos and control in the creative process; Chapter Two Talent and creativity; Chapter Three The role of the accident in the creative act; Chapter Four The psychodynamics of creative blocks; Chapter Five On not knowing: discerning the mental and emotional requirements of creative work; Chapter Six Why bother? From indifference to passion; Chapter Seven Is creativity dangerous?
Chapter Eight Art and madnessPart II: My Own Development; Chapter Nine Music: my first love; Chapter Ten How painting became a passion; Chapter Eleven Creativity: from the painting studio to the consulting room; Chapter Twelve The evolution of a painting; Chapter Thirteen Love and hate in the creative process; Chapter Fourteen Destructiveness and reparation: a retrospective; Chapter Fifteen From mistake to mistake: the creative process in four large paintings; Chapter Sixteen As in the flesh; References; Index
Summary This book explores the role of chaos and control in the creative process as well as the difference between talent and creativity. Part One describes explores some of the common biases and pitfalls in the analysis and therapy 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 one's freedom. The author describes the special needs of creative patients, the common problems arising in therapy, its solutions, and, most importantly, the analyst's distinctive role when dealing with such patients. She also probes into the role of narcissism, neurosis, and psychosis on creative work
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Creative ability -- Psychological aspects
Creative thinking -- Psychological aspects
PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology.
SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science.
Creative ability -- Psychological aspects
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429841064
042984106X
9780429452895
0429452896