Creative States of Mind: Psychoanalysis and the Artist's Process

by Patricia Townsend

Book Overview

What is it like to be an artist? Drawing on interviews with professional artists, this book takes the reader inside the creative process. The author, an artist and a psychotherapist, uses psychoanalytic theory to shed light on fundamental questions such as the origin of new ideas and the artist's state of mind while working.

Based on interviews with 33 professional artists, who reflect on their experiences of creating new works of art, as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367146169
• ISBN13: 9780367146160
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"