Jussi Saarinen
Jussi A. Saarinen, PhD, is a psychologist and postdoctoral researcher in philosophy at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. His interests lie in psychoanalytical aesthetics and philosophy of emotion, and he has published on these topics in journals including The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, and Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences.
Affect in Artistic Creativity: Painting to Feel
Why do painters paint? Obviously, there are numerous possible reasons. They paint to create images for others' enjoyment, to solve visual problems, to convey ideas, and to contribute to a rich... (more)