Narcissistic Psychology And Art Creation

The term—Narcissism is a special one used to express self-love tendency by Freudian, the deviation of the term originates from Narcissus in Greek mythology. He falls in love of himself madly when he gets the view of his image reflected from the water and could no longer extricate himself since then. He would like to see more clearly each time he observes himself. Finally he falls into the"Love River"when he approaches to the water surface to view and admire his own image—drowned in the water. The essential property of narcissism is being indulged in self-admiration. The death of Narcissism is just because of excessive indulgency in self-admiration. The descriptions of narcissism in ancient China are numerous to cite, such as"In fact, what is reflected by the mirror of art is not the person who looks into the mirror but life.","indulge in self-admiration","lament oneself lonely","too high to be popular"etc.. The traditional modes of narcissism are thinning gradually since the development of photography technique. The concerned focus of the mankind tends to the spiritual direction. That's why the present artists, the creative writers, musicians, dancers and painters are all found to have narcissism complex. It is not a problem at all for the artists to reflect themselves truly in the way of self-love and narcissism; it increases the individual charm on the contrary. Vinci is narcissistic, therefore, his own image is revealed in processing of his beloved works; Michelangelo is narcissistic and his works David and God Hand is filled with ineffable energy and vigor, presenting to be strong in inspiration and homoerotism sense"comprehension by the bosom friend"is revealed as well; Stein is narcissistic and her elaboration"when narcissism becomes to be a kind of virtue"could be called modern sutra; Magritte Duras is narcissistic, she admits frankly that"she is a complete narcissistic fascination"; Zhang Xiaogang is narcissistic, he could be called an artist living in his own world and his world is filled with narcissism; Clemente is narcissistic, who observes his own body with the view of a spectator and analyze his own inner world….Outstanding narcissism complex is a kind of behavior of strong life consciousness. Those who possess this kind of consciousnessare no better than the artists engaged in spiritual and creative jobs. The nature of narcissism is to treasure the life. This is precisely the reason why it is particularly reflected in the artist. There is an old saying that one withered leaf tells arrival of autumn and one note gives us the opportunity to appreciate the world. More art works of narcissism inclination will come forth as the continuous development of human nature concept, taste view and the domestic art market.