'Routine is a blind alley' (C. G. Jung): on the similarities between artistic-creative and psychoanalytic work

The transformation processes in artistic-creative work and those of the analytic process can be considered to be comparable. To illustrate the relatedness of the two, the author describes three self-states that characterized the artist Alberto Giacometti's creative process. With reference to Jungian concepts, the author subsequently illustrates how these states of mind can be found in the analyst during the analytic encounter. By comparing both processes, he explores the temptations and denials that accompany the analyst's struggle for an analytic attitude.