ABSTRACT
A year later, after the atomic bomb ended the war with Japan, Mabel again offered "the undomesticated magical state of New Mexico" as an escape from the emotional and physical ravages of World War II, in a 1946 Southwest Review article, "Holiday from Science?". In August 1946, Mabel Dodge Luhan entered the period of depression and sought help from her Taos physician, Ashley Pond. She had consulted with him before about her despairing moods, but usually in conjunction with writing to Abraham Arden Brill. In 1947, she published her last book, Taos and Its Artists, a tribute to the artists who thrived on her beloved New Mexican landscape, including Dorothy Brett, Andrew Dasburg, and Marsden Hartley. From 1944 until his death in 1948, Brill continued his teaching, private practice, and writing. During this time, he published articles, book reviews, translations, obituaries, chapters, and introductions to books, always broadening his already significant contributions to psychoanalytic literature.
