The lost object and the act of creation
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The lost object and the act of creation. / Gammelgård, Judy.
I: Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review, Bind 41, Nr. 2, 2018, s. 82-88.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The lost object and the act of creation
AU - Gammelgård, Judy
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The aim of this article is to discuss the idea of the lost object and to throw light on its relation to creativity. The main thesis is that what is called the original or primary object cannot be considered lost in an absolute meaning. The original object is according to this author not lost, for the simple reason that it never was. In the beginning was only an encounter and so the lost object can only be said to be lost after the fact or afterwards. From this statement the author takes up the question of what this implies for a discussion of creativity and ask the question, what it is the artist creates or re-creates in his work of art, and how the idea of the lost object may throw light on the act of creation. The chosen example for illustration is Freud’s study of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.
AB - The aim of this article is to discuss the idea of the lost object and to throw light on its relation to creativity. The main thesis is that what is called the original or primary object cannot be considered lost in an absolute meaning. The original object is according to this author not lost, for the simple reason that it never was. In the beginning was only an encounter and so the lost object can only be said to be lost after the fact or afterwards. From this statement the author takes up the question of what this implies for a discussion of creativity and ask the question, what it is the artist creates or re-creates in his work of art, and how the idea of the lost object may throw light on the act of creation. The chosen example for illustration is Freud’s study of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - The lost object
KW - creativity
KW - sublimation
KW - inspiration
KW - Mona Lisa
U2 - 10.1080/01062301.2019.1585679
DO - 10.1080/01062301.2019.1585679
M3 - Journal article
VL - 41
SP - 82
EP - 88
JO - Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review
JF - Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review
SN - 0106-2301
IS - 2
ER -
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