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‘Routine is a blind alley’ (C. G. Jung): on the similarities between artistic‐creative and psychoanalytic work
Author(s) -
Wolf Stefan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of analytical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1468-5922
pISSN - 0021-8774
DOI - 10.1111/1468-5922.12446
Subject(s) - psychoanalytic theory , creative work , psychoanalysis , psychology , work (physics) , process (computing) , analytical psychology , epistemology , art , philosophy , visual arts , computer science , mechanical engineering , engineering , operating system
The transformation processes in artistic‐creative work and those of the analytic process can be considered to be comparable. To illustrate the relatedness of the two, the author describes three self‐states that characterized the artist Alberto Giacometti's creative process. With reference to Jungian concepts, the author subsequently illustrates how these states of mind can be found in the analyst during the analytic encounter. By comparing both processes, he explores the temptations and denials that accompany the analyst's struggle for an analytic attitude.