father, he also takes his place as a distinguished man.” (Paraphrased from Rank Myth and Birth of Hero)Will Therapy and Truth and Reality were published in 1930, 21 years after the hero book. It is a combination of two books put together. It consists of three parts: Will therapy part one; The patient’s reaction to the therapeutic situation, Will therapy part two; The therapist and the neurotic as complimentary types, & Truth and Reality. In part one Rank talks about using the analysis in the present rather than reliving the past, re-establishing ties with the biological mother and the end of treatment as a therapeutic step in the process. (Taft, Translators intro Will Therapy) Part two discusses the relationship between the patient and doctor. He picked up on things like where the doctor sits or what he does while the patient talks and how this effects the therapy. Truth and Reality discusses the individual and his creativeness, his will and what he experiences.Art and Artist explores the human creativeness and how an artist shares his soul with us through his art. Otto talks about how through art we produce religion, myths and social structure. He also believed that artists were the most well adjusted people because they accept who they are and they set out to show everyone what they could do. They create things in their own image. “The artist has a particularly strong tendency towards glorification of his own will. Unlike the rest of us he feels compelled to remake reality in his own image.” (Art and Artist, Rank) I had never heard of Otto Rank before I decided to write this paper. I came across his name by accident on a psychology web page. He was a very intriguing man with realistic theories that even I the skeptic can understand. I wish we could have learned about him in class. He took what he could from Freud’s perspective and used it to create his own that made more sense. He lost many friends and co...
