PMID: 11605230Oct 19, 2001Paper

Auto-sensuous shapes: prototypes for creative forms

American Journal of Psychoanalysis
M Charles

Abstract

The author looks at some of the more normative, adaptive, and creative aspects of what have been called 'autistic' or 'auto-sensuous' shapes by Tustin and others. She explores the construct from several frameworks, including the literature on early sensory experience and that on the empathic attunement between infant and caretaker in which interpersonal rhythms and meanings are built. The views of Bion and Matte-Blanco are utilized to help explore the processes by which meaning is created from experience, while the works of Segal and Milner are used to focus more explicitly on the role of symbol formation in the creative process. Finally, it is suggested that these auto-sensuous shapes can become prototypes for creative endeavours, including the creative process we call psychoanalysis. The author uses examples from her own experience in deriving pattern from basic sensory experience, toward the creation of poetry, drawings, and the establishment of attunement and 'meaning-making' within the analytic setting.

Citations

Jan 5, 2002·Psychoanalytic Review·M Charles
May 17, 2019·American Journal of Psychoanalysis·Marilyn Charles
Dec 9, 2004·The Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry·Moshe Halevi Spero
Nov 22, 2020·American Journal of Psychoanalysis·Miguel Angel Gonzalez-Torres, Aranzazu Fernández-Rivas
Jul 16, 2021·American Journal of Psychoanalysis·Giuseppe Civitarese

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