Winnicott as a clinician and theorist is an inspirational figure for all but the coldest hearts in our field. At times it is hard not to get swept away by his images. Being swept away, of course, involves the dangers of idealization, and Winnicott it seems to me was keenly aware of these dangers. He steadfastly avoided being engulfed by a great figure or theoretical position. It was his ability to capture the multiple forms of our subjectivity that has led Joyce Anne Slochower, in Holding and