THE PLACE OF GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY, PSYCHODRAMA AND PSYCHOANALYSIS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF CREATIVITY AND DESTRUCTION

Abstract

The Zen saying, "To save life it must be destroyed" should be reversed, "To destroy life it must be created," or "To destroy life it must be saved." "Life must exist before it can be destroyed."
By reversing the Zen saying, a different slant is given to the problem of creativity-destruction. By beginning with creativity instead of destruction the emphasis is on life expansion rather than on shrinking. It is not axiomatic that creativity and destruction are identical twins, but they are frequently found closely allied. Janus, the Roman God was two-headed. He is represented with two faces, one on the front and one on the back of his head. But it is certainly of prime importance that the face in the front of the head is the face of creativity.