6 Mondays | Oct 27 – Dec 8 | Presented by: Erica Ehrenberg, Licensed Psychoanalyst, MFA

In this course we will discuss, respond to, and write together from the work of artists, writers, and analysts in order to explore the connections between their work, and the creative forces behind psychic change. What does it mean to gain insight— into the world, into ourselves—and what happens after the insight is articulated, in therapy, and in everyday life? How do we translate insight into transformation, how do we find insight through transformation, and how might the creative process be a way to make space for these questions? How might the imaginative terrain provide a key to accessing the unconscious and to understanding how change is enacted? Poets, artists, and analysts we will consider include Philip Guston, Louise Bourgeois, Christopher Bollas, Joyce McDougall, Francesca Woodman, Agnes Martin, Emily Dickinson, and Sigmund Freud.

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