On not being able to paint
By: by Marion Milner (Joanna Field) ; illustrated by the author ; with a foreword by Anna Freud
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: International Universities Press
Published: 1957
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Painting; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.); Paintings; Psychology
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 167-170.
Table of contents: title: PART I: THE EMERGENCE OF THE FREE DRAWINGS (FIRING THE IMAGINATION). What the eye likes; title: Being separate and being together; title: Outline and the solid earth; title: The plunge into colour [i.e., color]; title: The necessity of illusion; title: PART II: THE CONTENT OF THE FREE DRAWINGS (CRUCIFYING THE IMAGINATION). Monsters within and without; title: Disillusion and hating; title: Preserving what one loves; title: PART III: THE METHOD OF THE FREE DRAWINGS (INCARNATING THE IMAGINATION). Reciprocity and ordered freedom; title: Refusal of reciprocity; title: Ideals and the fatal prejudice; title: Rhythm and the freedom of the free drawings; title: The concentration of the body; title: PART IV: THE USE OF THE FREE DRAWINGS (THE IMAGE AS MEDIATOR). The role of the medium; title: The role of images; title: PART V: THE USE OF PAINTING. Painting and living; title: Painting as making real; title: Postscript : what it amounts to; title: APPENDIX: The ordering of chaos; title: The anal aspect of the parrot's egg; title: Infantile prototypes of creativity; title: Changes in the sense of self; title: Rhythm relaxation and the orgasm; title: Painting and symbols; title: The two kinds of thinking; title: Painting and imitation; title: A place for absent-mindedness; title: Bibliography to first edition; title: Bibliography to second edition; title: Description of original drawings; title: Index.