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Art: A relating phenomenon between artists

Art: A relating phenomenon between artists THEODORE I. RUBIN HE task of art is to convey a message. pressed, compartmentalized fragmenta- But if the work of art is successful, tion. This is the antithesis of alienation if the artist is to be fulfilled, then the from one's own spontaneous self and the message is a very special one. It is more resulting mechanical encapsulated au- than a vehicle for the dissemination of tomatons who speak to each other information, however important that in- without communicating and who emote formation may be. Whatever the me- to each other without feeling or caring. dium, great art transmits emotion and This kind of knowing initiates an in- more. It invests emotion, creates emotio- tegrating process of communicatien nal impact, and taps the feelings of the linkages and feeling in self, making viewer, reader, or listener, and makes relating with others a possibility. him invest emotions. How can this happen? How can the artistic work reach in and touch the A work of art then, results in an evolu- tion of feelings, the sum total of which viewer -- reader -- listener in his vital inner core? All will depend on the parti- comprises a mood. In this artistic http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

Art: A relating phenomenon between artists

Rubin, Theodore I.
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 33 (1): 3 – Mar 1, 1973
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Springer Journals
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1973 The Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
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0002-9548
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1573-6741
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10.1007/BF01872143
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THEODORE I. RUBIN HE task of art is to convey a message. pressed, compartmentalized fragmenta- But if the work of art is successful, tion. This is the antithesis of alienation if the artist is to be fulfilled, then the from one's own spontaneous self and the message is a very special one. It is more resulting mechanical encapsulated au- than a vehicle for the dissemination of tomatons who speak to each other information, however important that in- without communicating and who emote formation may be. Whatever the me- to each other without feeling or caring. dium, great art transmits emotion and This kind of knowing initiates an in- more. It invests emotion, creates emotio- tegrating process of communicatien nal impact, and taps the feelings of the linkages and feeling in self, making viewer, reader, or listener, and makes relating with others a possibility. him invest emotions. How can this happen? How can the artistic work reach in and touch the A work of art then, results in an evolu- tion of feelings, the sum total of which viewer -- reader -- listener in his vital inner core? All will depend on the parti- comprises a mood. In this artistic

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Published: Mar 1, 1973

Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis

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