Ekphrasis and Psyche: Symbols Spoken From The Deep

Authors

  • Thomas Christian Health Services US Navy
  • Ron Kimbell MHMR Mental Health Clinic, Waco, Texas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1234/fa.v0i73.215

Keywords:

psychoanalysis, Aristotle, myth, dreams

Abstract

We proffer, through this short exposition, that ekphrasis offers distinctive and noteworthy access to the royal road of the creative functions of the unconscious, to the mechanisms of unconscious psychic poesis. Ekphrasis, in other words, is the securest foundation of comprehending the wonderfully creative, and innately symbolical, capability of human psychology.

Author Biography

Ron Kimbell, MHMR Mental Health Clinic, Waco, Texas

Division Director.Klaras Center for Families

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Published

2018-10-28

How to Cite

Christian, T., & Kimbell, R. (2018). Ekphrasis and Psyche: Symbols Spoken From The Deep. Free Associations, (73), 32–40. https://doi.org/10.1234/fa.v0i73.215

Issue

No. 73 (2018)

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Articles

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