ABSTRACT
This chapter demonstrates that shame did not prevent the participants from art making but shame still served to inhibit full creative self-expression. The participant study confirmed that for most of the participants' shame and self-conscious emotions were triggered when engaging with unfamiliar physical and psychic material in the art making opportunity provided in this study. As demonstrated by the participant responses, it could be argued that a greater degree of artists’ expression did occur to a greater or lesser extent. The participants reported that, despite self-criticism and negative evaluation of their work as compared to others, creating in shared space with other people making art was overall a positive experience. The chapter explains the ways in which shame of art study is limited in its scope and function and how it departs from certain depth psychological assumptions. It also presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in this book.
