ABSTRACT
Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams actually mentions different modes of representation, and the French analysts Cesar and Sara Botella have shown the relevance of one mode of representation relating to dream-work for the understanding of the memory traces underlying trauma. H. W. Loewald’s emphasis on the process of reproductive activity leaves open the issue of representability with regard to “mnemic images or memory traces”. The importance of Strachey’s omission of a separate term for Darstellbarkeit constituting a specific mode of representation appears to have been glossed over, along with the interest in the ideas it represents. The interest in the formal aspects of the dream, coupled with the formal aspects of a work of art, both in the service of perceptibility, are only some examples of the issues that can be addressed by avoiding the forced dichotomy between represented and non-represented mental states.
