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Susceptibility to trauma, a strong tendency to identification, narcissism, and bisexuality in the artist are related phenomena.
The basis of the drive to artistic accomplishment lies in a heightened bisexuality. Closely related with this is a traumatophilia, compelling the artist to seek and then overcome the trauma in continual repetition. From the latent frustration develops the artist's fantasy. The urge to identification and expression in work appears as a sublimation of the bisexuality.