Noy P
Psychoanal Q. 1979;48(2):229-56.
The recent ego-psychological approach to form in art is utilized to understand the significance of form creation to artistic creativity in general. Two kinds of form in art are discussed--"good form" and "perfect form". The first is explained as the means used by the artist's ego to facilitate the expression and communication of latent meanings; the second, as the means used by the artist's ego to order disparate mental elements and to reconcile those opposite wishes, ideas, and emotions, whose opposite valences may endanger the integrity and cohesion of the self. In line with the assumptions presented in the paper, creativity and neurosis are described as two different methods used by the ego to solve the same underlying problems.
近期艺术形式的自我心理学方法被用于理解形式创造对一般艺术创造力的重要性。文中讨论了两种艺术形式——“良好形式”和“完美形式”。前者被解释为艺术家自我用来促进潜在意义表达和交流的手段；后者则是艺术家自我用来整理不同心理元素以及调和那些相反的愿望、想法和情感的手段，这些相反的效价可能危及自我的完整性和凝聚力。根据论文中提出的假设，创造力和神经症被描述为自我用来解决相同潜在问题的两种不同方法。
