I want to say something about Twain & Freud’s p.o.v. but I’m on my phone and don’t have the patience to Swype it. It’s to do with sublimation in art though, and whether this is a purely modern thing, or an aspect of human nature common to artistic endeavour of any time. I find it hard to accept a complete disconnect between an artist’s work and his/her internal world.
Disclaimer: I haven’t read the theories you mentioned, so could well be talking through my hat. My ears just pricked up at the mention of Freud, since I’m a former student of psychoanalysis.
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I want to say something about Twain & Freud’s p.o.v. but I’m on my phone and don’t have the patience to Swype it. It’s to do with sublimation in art though, and whether this is a purely modern thing, or an aspect of human nature common to artistic endeavour of any time. I find it hard to accept a complete disconnect between an artist’s work and his/her internal world.
Disclaimer: I haven’t read the theories you mentioned, so could well be talking through my hat. My ears just pricked up at the mention of Freud, since I’m a former student of psychoanalysis.