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Allan Gelber
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#1 - INTRODUCTION
January 2023 The purpose of Notes is to share similarities between abstract art and human communication generally and psychotherapy...
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Allan Gelber
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#2 - WHAT IS ABSTRACT ART?
January 2023 Often referred to as Abstract Expressionism, these paintings are characterized by large and often bold brushstrokes and...
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#3 - THE DIALOGUE
January 2023 Each painting is created in the context of my life in general and in the context of the day, the temperature, the lighting,...
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#4 - TITLES
January 2023 Typically I do not title my paintings. I don’t know what to title what I paint. Not knowing what I paint even after I’ve...
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#5 - FINISHED PAINTING
January 2023 Aaaahh, it’s finished. Finished: ended, completed, concluded, done, wrapped up, satisfied Satisfied: a very subjective...
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Allan Gelber
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#6 - ME THE PAINTER
January 2023 I paint in my bedroom. I could say that I sleep in my studio. Often I throw myself on my bed as I look at what I have done....
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#7 - YOU THE VIEWER
January 2023 ‘I don’t get it. It looks like a bunch of mish-mosh. My three-year-old paints like that. You get paid money for this?’...
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#8 - THE PSYCHOTHERAPY DIALOGUE
January 2023 I will choose an arbitrary point at which to start psychotherapy, the first contact. A call is made. A person begins the...
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#9 - DON’T LET THEORY COMPLICATE THINGS
January 2023 Chaos has been defined as the science of surprises, of the nonlinear and the unpredictable. It teaches us to expect the...
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#10 - SOMETHING NEW
January 2023 Good morning. As usual I am up early half way through second cup of coffee. A retired Psychologist/Psychoanalyst, I have...
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