The Unedited Self: Fostering Subversive Imagination in Ministry with Boys and Young Men

This article draws from the life and work of George Bellows (1882-1925), a noted American painter at the turn of the twentieth century, in relation to his art instructor, Robert Henri (1865-1929), to envision pastoral relationships that foster spontaneous self-expression and the embrace of intrapsyc...

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Subtitles:Special Issue "In Honor of Lewis Rambo"
Main Author: Dykstra, Robert C. 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science Business Media B. V. [2020]
In: Pastoral psychology
Year: 2020, Volume: 69, Issue: 5/6, Pages: 563-592
Further subjects:B Unthought known
B Christopher Bollas
B Masculine self
B Donald Capps
B Pastoral care with boys and men
B George Bellows
B Sherry Turkle
B Forty-two kids
B Robert Henri
B David Bakan
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Summary:This article draws from the life and work of George Bellows (1882-1925), a noted American painter at the turn of the twentieth century, in relation to his art instructor, Robert Henri (1865-1929), to envision pastoral relationships that foster spontaneous self-expression and the embrace of intrapsychic complexity in contemporary American boys and young men. It examines cultural trends and male psychosexual struggles that bolster undue self-screening at the expense of archaic, semiconscious desires to see and to be seen, to know and to be known. By identifying with artwork, artist, and art instructor, ministers or mentors aspire to evoke and enrich several facets of their own and their protégé’s self-experience, designated here the unedited self, the unmanifested self, and the unencumbered self.
ISSN:1573-6679
Contains:Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11089-020-00929-y