Pdf is it possible to speak of the compulsion to create and if so what underlies it in this article i set out to offer a comprehensive explanation find read and cite all the research . The compulsion to create women writers and their demon lovers in psychobiographies of six famous women writers the founder of the object relations institute for psychotherapy and psychoanalysis analyzes the role of the idealized male muse often the oedipal father in the creativity of nin plath charlotte and emily brontd dickinson and . So what is this compulsion to create i was even exploring this idea in college 10 years ago in my photography exhibition these hands celebrating the creative spirit though id phrased it differently my artists statement began the desire to bring into existence to create. Whats wrong hun asked a lady who works in my building it was a monday morning and i had just p a rked my prius extracted my belongings and was schlepping my way to a staircase that lead to my office i know her but i dont really knowknow