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Dec 18, 2015
Mended by the Muse
Creative Transformations of Trauma
Summary
In a wide ranging and courageous interview that touched on the creative process, personal history, memoir and self-disclosure, the psychoanalyst and writer Sophia Richman explored the connections between trauma and the creative process. Although many have written about the arts and psychoanalysis, utilizing contemporary relational thinking, Richman brings the discussion vividly into the present day.
In Mended By the Muse: Creative Transformations of Trauma, Sophia Richman skillfully uses her own history as a holocaust survivor and writer to illustrate the healing power of the creative process. In addition to her own experience, Richman writes about artists she has interviewed, as well as theorists that have been influential to her such as Winnicott and Jung. Richman believes that the creative process allows one to "bear witness" to the unspeakable, and that the arts can lead to growth both inside and outside of the consulting room.
