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pocalyptic themes and emotions, and are teachers of creative writing. The three psychoanalysts are experienced clinicians, teachers, and analytic writers. The intersecting interests of the panelists create an opportunity to engage many questions relevant to creativity, such as:

* How has trauma recent and distant impacted on the work of the participants?

* What are the causes of loss of relevance, inhibition of ability to fantasize, loss of pleasure in creativity?

* What is optimal distance, and how is it conceptualized differently in writing fiction vs. in the consulting room?

* What are the elements of imagination?

* What enables one to imagine the unimaginable?

* What is a story?

* What facilitates the empathic and identificatory abilities upon which psychoanalysts and writers depend?

The members of NYUPI and PANY--who have volunteered much time to the NYU Medical community and to disaster-relief programs since 9/11--consider the conference yet another kind of healing contribution-one that psychoanalysts are uniquely trained to provide.

The Apocalyptic Imagination panel will take place on February 23, 2002 in Farkas Auditorium, NYU Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York City, from 2:00-5:00 PM. A reception will follow. Registration is open to the public with admission priced at $35.00 ($25 for students and candidates). To register send name address, e-mail, and professional or academic affiliation (if applicable) with check made payable to the Psychoanalytic Association of New York to Marilyn Herleth, 387 Concord Avenue, Lindenhurst, NY 11757. Members of the press can receive complimentary admission, please call in advance to reserve seating.

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Contact: Jennifer Choi
jennifer.choi@med.nyu.edu
212-404-3555
New York University Medical Center and School of Medicine
28-Jan-2002


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