ABSTRACT
It is interesting that aspect of laying low can be seen in the mentions understanding as being one of the things which one must not actively seek, as well as the “cure” of the patient. Bion’s writings on technique are aimed at helping analysts to be free of preconceptions and so freer to think. By the time the analyst reaches the point of formulating an interpretation, which indicates the conclusion of a process of thought which has come about between analyst and analysand, he is talking about a state which is already past; the analytical couple has already moved on. Speaking of curiosity, it is noticeable how Bion’s treatment of the subject has moved slightly from the Freudian-Kleinian base of almost exclusive concentration on the Oedipal contents to a greater interest in the mechanisms and uses of curiosity of curiosity itself.
