ABSTRACT
The author might help people engage in creative work as an alternative way to do analysis. It would not be art therapy because he would not interpret the content of what they did, but instead, he would focus exclusively on the process. This group work would give the author an opportunity to debunk certain long-held beliefs about creativity, talent, originality, the role of the accident, premature closure leading to mistakes, and the importance of destructiveness. Reflecting on what he has learned with this group, with all of his work before this group, and with himself while painting, he has to conclude that creativity is dangerous. That is why so many gifted people give up halfway. Creativity is dangerous, not only because, just like in analysis, one gets in touch with unwanted aspects of oneself, but also because it makes one primarily aware of one's destructiveness.
