Writings on Art and Creativity


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  1. "Turmoil and Freedom." Published in Phoenix Rising, newsletter of the Psychoanalytic Center of California, pages 6 - 7, January, 2011

  2. "Art and Madness." Presented in response to documentary on the Prinzhorn Collection, Southern California Annual Psychiatric Convention, Dana Point, California, October 9, 2009
    Presented again at the Psychoanalytic Center of California, February 5, 2011

  3. "Is Creativity Dangerous?" Contribution to Phoenix Rising, PCC Newsletter, 2009

  4. "Why Bother?: From Indifference to Passion." Presented at the New Center of Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles, 2006

  5. "Creativity: From the Painting Studio to the Consulting Room." New Center of Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles, 2005

  6. "Discussion of Dr. Harold Blum's Paper on "Picasso and his Models." New Center of Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles, 2004

  7. "Who is Projecting?: The Self-Portraits of Lucien Freud." Presented at the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Feb. 28, 2003

  8. "As in the Flesh." Paper and slide presentation at the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute in Los Angeles, 2003

  9. "On Not Knowing: Discerning the Mental and Emotional Requirements of Creative Work." Presented at the Bion 2002 International Conference in Los Angeles, 2002

  10. "Destructiveness and Reparation in the Creative Process: A Retrospective." Paper and slide presentation given at the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute, October 1998 and at the 41st IPA Congress in Santiago, Chile, in July 1999. Presented again in Paris and Zurich in March 2000
    Spanish • French

  11. "Destruction as the Cause of Coming into Being." Workshop on Sabina Spielrein’s 1912 paper – given at the Psychoanalytic Center of California (PCC), Los Angeles, March 1998

  12. "The Envy of the Woman in the Work of Max Beckmann." Presented at the New Center of Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles, 1992

  13. "Discussion of Max Beckman's Eyes and the Temptation of the Breast, by Thomas Brod, M.D." Presented at the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, May 3, 1991

  14. "The Role of Omnipotence in Creativity." Presented at the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, 1990

  15. "An Alternative to Interpretation." Paper presented at the Southern California Chapter of Division 39 Scientific Meeting, April 1989

  16. "Conditions that Derail the True Self during Creative Work." Paper presented at the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, February, 1989

  17. "Creativity: Trait or Quest." Paper presented at the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Psychological Association's Division of Psychoanalysis, 1986

  18. "Chaos and Control in the Creative Process." Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, l985, vol 13, N 1, pp 129-138

  19. "The Psychodynamics of Creative Blocks." Paper presented at the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, 1985

  20. "Destruction et Création," Psychanalyse à l'Université, Paris, 1984, vol 9, p 483-490

  21. "Assimilation in Art and Psychotherapy." Paper presented at the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Psychological Association's Division of Psychoanalysis, 1984

  22. "The Evolution of a Painting." Paper presented to the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, New York, 1983

  23. "Creativity at Risk in the Patient/Analyst Dialogue." Presented at LAPSI in 1983

  24. "The Use of the Object: From Omnipotence to Symbolization." Presented at the Psychoanalytic Center of California (PCC), Los Angeles, 1983

  25. "The Role of the Accident in the Creative Act." Paper presented at a Conference on Creativity and Madness, Maui, Hawaii, 1982

  26. "Talent and Creativity: a Discussion of Jerome Oremlan’s Paper." Presented at the Los Angeles Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies, 1981

  27. "Creativity as Communication." Presented at the Psychology Forums, sponsored by the Ziff Corporation, New York, 1979.

  28. "How to Unblock," Psychology Today, Jan. l978

  29. "La Personalidad Creadora." Presented at the Jornadas Nacionales sobre las Artes, U. de Chile, 1970

  30. "Personality Correlates of Music Preferences." Unpublished Master's Thesis, UC Berkeley, 1967

  31. "Ritmo y personalidad: estudio experimental." Unpublished dissertation, U. of Chile, 1962