This paper is dedicated to Dr. Ernest Zierer, the originator of creative analysis.5 The ramifications of our therapeutic testing technique are too complex to discuss within the space of this brief treatise. Suffice it to state that our approach is based upon the conviction that “creativity” is not the privilege of the chosen few with talent, nor contingent upon rare moments of “inspiration”. It can be used as a broad vehicle for self-understanding, intercommunication, and a vital remedial and educational tool. (Ernest Zierer, 1924a, 1924b, 1924c, 1927a, 1927b, 1930, 1931a, 1931b, 1931c, 1932, 1948, 1950a, 1950b; Zierer and Zierer, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1957; Edith Zierer, 1953, 1966, 1967, 1970a, 1970b, 1971, in press a, b, c, d; Zierer, Sternberg and Finn, 1966). Accordingly, we have developed a structured, reproducible and controlled projective instrument, consisting of 105 evaluative and remedial stress situations. They are designed to explore maladaptive reactions and attitudes and the strength of coping ability for everyday living, as well as moments or periods of crises. Our standardized rating scale is based on the intensity levels of color integration and color disintegration (Ernest Zierer, 1952a; Zierer and Zierer, 1950, 1956, 1957; Zierer and KleinSchmidt, 1952; Zierer, Sternberg and Finn, 1966; Edith Zierer, 1966, 1967, 1970a, 1970b, 1971, in press a, b, c, d). To summarize our hypotheses: integration equates constructive drives while disintegration equated clinically demonstrable destructive drives. Specifically our tenet is that in painting, a disturbance in the ability to integrate colors is evidence of the decomposition of the synthetic funtion of the ego. Thus, the degree of ego integration is disclosed by the ratio and intensity levels of integrated and disintegrated paintings. Conversely, a change in the ratio (and in the affective charge of integrated and disintegrated paintings, finds its reflection in both personality changes and performance levels. We further suggest that therapeutic changes in behavior patterns and improved coping ability can be induced by intensifying or lessening therapeutic stress (Ernest Zierer, 1952a; Zierer and Zierer, 1950, 1956, 1957; Zierer, Sternberg and Finn, 1966; Edith Zierer, 1966, 1967, 1970a, 1970b, 1971, in press a, b, ,z, d). Within the scope of this paper the topography of creative expression cannot be discussed (see Zierer and Zierer, 1950, 1956, 1957; Edith Zierer, in press a, b, c, d). It must suffice to state that the psychotic, for example, shows in his paintings the same regressed, bizarre, unpredictable, or else frozen responses as he shows clinically in disturbances of thought, lack or inappropriateness of affect, and retreat from reality. Because creative analysis is principally based on data drawn from our projective indices, our diagnos-