Creative Analysis: Art; Creativity and Clinical Process explores the dynamics of creativity in psychoanalytic treatment. It argues that the creative process of the analytic interaction is characterized by specific forms of feeling; thinking and most importantly; relating that result in the emergence of something new ndash; therapeutic change. The artistic aspects of psychoanalysis and various features of creativity in analytic treatment are explored. ?Clinical examples are discussed at length.George Hagman presents a new model of the psychology of creativity and art that helps us to better understand the clinical process. The book explores and develops several important implications of Hagmanrsquo;s main thesis: the psychodynamics of art; the creativity of the brain; aesthetic aspects of the treatment relationship; the creativity of the analyst and analysand. Change in analysis is driven not just by the analystrsquo;s interventions but the patientrsquo;s own motivation and capacity for self-transformation. This change is depicted here as a depth psychological process which explores the sources of the patientrsquo;s resistance to self-actualization and identifies hidden potential; unrealized capacities and strengths. Creative Analysis: Art; Creativity and Clinical Process reformulates psychoanalytic therapy as a form of art that can help patients realize their potential which may have been blocked; inhibited; denied or derailed. The book will be of interest to psychoanalysts; psychotherapists; graduates and students; including the educated public interested in art.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Start HereBy Michael D. SweeneyThe main reason -- as unfair as it is -- I am not giving five stars is the age of the book. There are so many products being offered to the young artist today; with various inflated and contradictory claims; one wishes there was a book this calm and straightforward that could cut through the marketing gloss and get back to what the basic processes are; what the chemicals do; what will probably work and what to watch out for. This book is solid and good; but the materials it refers to are not so often found in their original form in the shopping mall crafts stores of today.Anyhow. Read this book. Whether you are about to pull a resin cast for the first time; or whether you (like me) got a basic familiarity back in college but have forgotten many of the details; this offers grounding in How Casting Works in a more-or-less step-by-step; from simple to complex; way.Of the many things to salute Thurston James for; is the extremely practical viewpoint. Thurston is THEATER. If you havent done theater; you may not understand. It is about letting go of "the usual way" and doing what gets it on stage by opening night; under budget; without anyone getting hurt and in a way that will hopefully stay in one piece until the show closes. Some books might artificially limit themselves; saying "heres how to cast in resin; heres resin." Thurston says "Heres resin and how to do it right. And heres some cheaper substitutes if that works better for you." If he was writing today hed almost certainly say "And you can just skip all these steps and have it 3d printed -- but heres the downside to that; and heres resin for when that just plain works better."Right at the very start; he tells you it will be messy; you are going to be dealing with chemicals that could damage your health; and you WILL fail; sometimes a mold will break or a fresh batch of resin refuse to cure. It happens. You have to be prepared for the mess and for the occasional "learning experience." Which are words which should be at the front of EVERY "how to" book.What this book is not; is a step-by-step hold-you-by-the-hand. It does go into detail; and it does basically follow a complete cycle from original model to duplicate (over and over; with different methods) but it isnt a tutorial in book form.What it is; is nearly encyclopedic. Now; I learned theater crafts at a high school shop that believed in touching on everything. The first show of my first season was wing-and-border and we got to play with cut drops and roll drops. The next was a box set and we built standard and hard-cover TV flats. The next was sculptural and we carved blocks of styrofoam and covered them in glue and cheesecloth. Before we left that school wed worked with hot melt; celastic; vacuuform products (we didnt have our own machine)... For decades after; Id be working on a set or prop and Id say "Hey; theres this material I used once in high school that might work here. Lemme see what I can dig up on it."Well; that is this book. Plaster molds. Dental alginate. Silcone RTV. Latex casting. Slipcasting. Fiberglas; celastic and paper-mache. Paraffin; sugar glass; expanding foam; and Durhams Rock Hard. And vacuumforming! If youve read through it; then you will be -- despite the age of the book -- prepared to go into your local store and actually make sense of the packaged casting and molding products being offered there. And you will be much better prepared to actually use them.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. The BEST prop builders guide on the marketBy Reasonable ReviewerThis is the best guide to casting that I have ever read.Mr. James is a master of producing props for film and theater; and he brings his many years of experience and superb teaching skills to this book.The book covers all the major casting techniques; and all but one of the methods described can be used by amateurs as well as professionals.This book is solid gold for those involved with props whether you are a gamer; a theater person; or a film set maker!I highly recommend this book!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. so cool becauseBy Lionheart GlassworksThis book is so cool because it shows you how to use materials from the hardware store. The pictures are a little dark but the information is priceless . Ill bet you take your time and figure out what is in the pictures . Im very happy I ordered this book . Its one of my top books in my art studio . I really recommend it if you are trying to reproduce something in a small studio or at home .
