The origins of creativity
Sexuality, neurosis and the artist
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20480267 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sheldon Litt (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 97-103 |
| Publication date | 1995-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Forum of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0803-706X • E-ISSN: 1651-2324 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08037069508409528 |
| OpenAlex | W2077609130 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Starting from the perspective of Blake's notion “Energy is eternal delight,” this study is a theoretical speculation of the origin of artistic creativity which expands Freudian theory in a new direction. Since Freud admitted that “the nature of artistic achievement is inaccessible to us psychoanalytically,” an alternative theory of the aesthetic appreciation of art and nature as well as artistic creation is presented drawing on concepts from Reichian bioenergetics, phenomenology and existential psychology, Otto Rank, and the gestalt therapy approach of F.S. Perls
Aesthetics · Art · Creativity · Epistemology · Existentialism · Freudian slip · Gestalt psychology · Gestalt therapy · Human sexuality · Perception · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Visual arts · Art, Aesthetics, and Perception · Moravian Church and William Blake · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2011 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |