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This paper will explore the concept that some creativity may be an effort to develop a container for an aspect of the self when the environment or, in early childhood, the mother is unable to provide containment for a part of the self experience.
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Golden, G.K. Creativity: An object relations perspective. Clin Soc Work J 15, 214–222 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00753601
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