Author: Werman D.S.1
Source: Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, Volume 2, Number 1, January 2000 , pp. 65-80(16)
Publisher: Springer
Abstract:
This essay explores the “passing of creativity” in James Ensor, the artist and Arthur Rimbaud, the poet. The former was burnt out by his thirty-fifth year. The latter abandoned poetry at age nineteen. I argue that in both men, their art was driven by revengeful needs; Ensor never transcended that imperative; Rimbaud had said it all and quit the field.
Keywords: creativity; James Ensor; Arthur Rimbaud
Language: English
Document Type: Regular paper
Affiliations: 1: Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center
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