Der Mutterleib als erste Philharmonie – psychoanalytische Mutmaßungen über Herkunft, Aufbruch und Entwicklung der menschlichen Kreativität

Abstract

This paper attempts to address some of the issues that Ludwig Janus (2021) has raised concerning the question of the renewal of psychoanalysis. This will involve taking a look at the conditions of »creative perception« in psychoanalytic work, particularly concerning the interplay between free association and free-floating attention. The main focus of the paper is on the relationship between the psychoanalytic and the prenatal situation and on the difficulties around conceptualising this relationship. Extracts from a child analysis exemplify how an 8-year-old boy created elements of the intrauterine world as a starting point for a new beginning.