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Freud’s Psychoanalysis
by Lida Prypchan Freud’s theories have had a great influence on the cultural life of this century, probably much greater than that of any other doctrinal system. The field where his ideas have encountered the greatest difficulties has been that of his own terrain, Psychiatry. Psychoanalysis is still polemical, although many of the current discoveries …
FREUD a Potential Literati
by Lida Prypchan He passed on to another stage in his life in which decadent poetry began to attract his attention. A Dalmatian poet was committed in a private mental ward, and went mad over a shadow. His beloved was a “queen of the screen” and she smiled at him from the screen. From then …
Beyond Love and Hate Leonardo Da Vinci I
by Lida Prypchan Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the most important figures of the Italian Renaissance, a multi-talented genius, whose limits we can only imagine and never define – as Bukhardt said-. He exerted an intense influence on painting during his time. However, his greatness as the physics researcher contained in the artist has …
A Childhood Memory: Leonardo Da Vinci II
by Lida Prypchan In the previous article, some traits of Leonardo’s personality were given. It concluded by saying that Leonardo, that enigmatic being from the Renaissance era, felt a great repulsion regarding sex. I quoted some phrases this artist uttered to show what he was like. All of this forms part of a psychoanalytic study …
I Do Not Suffer When Writing
By Lida Prypchan On Sunday, April 18th, El Nacional published an interview with the Venezuelan writer born in Valera, Antonieta Madrid. … When speaking of her voice, the interviewer says: “It is an outrage of tenderness.” But I think that her voice and most importantly her words “are more outrageous than tender.” … One of …
The Limits of Patience
By Lida Prypchan Maria’s biggest disappointment was seeing the jewelry leave homethat her husband made on commission for those who could afford it. Setting precious stones was the profession of a sickly man named Kassim. He had a beautiful and passionate wife, who was also young and painstakingly from the streets. Her name was Maria, …
The Man, Always the Man
By Lida Prypchan A man’s lunch cannot be compared to a pigeon’s lunch. Pigeons are part of a nature that is dedicated to idleness. Gaze through the window and you’ll see how the pigeons fly without worry. While man has to work to eat and is responsible for guarding a house, pigeons play all the …
The Father of Dead Tongues 2300: What a Prodigy of a World!
By Lida Prypchan The year is 2300. “What a prodigy of a world!” my great-great-grandfather would exclaim with enthusiasm and astonishment. At present, the human being is devoted entirely, body and soul, to culture and science, to research and creation. Furthermore, modern man lacks what I call “sterile passions:” envy, rancor, hatred and many other …
Does This Melancholy Have No Cure?
By Lida Prypchan Introductory Note: What is a literary critique for you? Is it, perhaps, an objective opinion with established foundations? Or is it, instead, an opinion stained with subjectivity? For me it is the latter: a personal opinion and, therefore, subjective. Content: Guillermo Loreto Mata is a Venezuelan writer who one day asked himself: …
Dostoyevsky and Psychoanalysis
By Lida Prypchan Disciplines outside the scope of medicine, such as literature and art, have powerfully drawn the attention of psychoanalysis. Artistic creation reflects the artist’s inner world and his unconscious. So psychoanalysis analyzes the work of an artist, applying the same criteria used to decipher the dreams of a patient. The artist is, in …