In the beginning is relation - Martin Buber

The image of a mother and her infant represents, in archetypal form, our earliest experience of being related. From this theme, much Art and most of modern Psychology has emerged. An exhibition is planned that will highlight key elements in the relationship between the primary caregiver and child, from the perspective of Art as well as Psychology. The former will provide an interpretation of this primary relationship in our time, as experienced through the lens of Art.
The latter provides longitudinal research findings on what mothers (or primary caregivers) do naturally – independent of time or context - that which has withstood the test of time. This is based on the long history of research in the field of Attachment Theory, with a specific focus on the research findings on Maternal Sensitivity, a sub-speciality within the field. Attachment Theory is based on parent-child observations. What naturally happens between children and primary
Caregivers is recorded in minute details. Longitudinal multi-cultural research discovered that sensitive mothers all over the world, independent of socio-economic status, level of education or cultural background, respond to their infants in the same ways.

What babies and mothers do naturally

When a baby is born, the first thing it wants to see is it's mother's eyes. No, not the breasts, as we previously thought; video material of new-born infants shows that a baby is restless, until it has looked into it's mother eyes. A mother of a newborn baby will instinctively lie with her baby on her breasts; gazing at its face, which is tilted slightly backwards, to achieve just the right distance. Sensitive mothers all do this: to set themselves and the baby up in such a way that a comfortable, yet highly intimate 'eye-exchange' takes place. Soon afterwards, the newborn infant achieves a look of quiet satisfaction, and falls asleep.
If we look at this natural gaze, and the intimacy between mother and infant, it is difficult not to be moved. This is love, is it not? A neurochemical by the name of Oxytycin is involved here. No, it is not only chemical; it is proof that we are body and mind at one; that we are the human species; made for bonding, made for relationship, made for love between mother and child.What if this goes wrong? What if we lose it, for example in adolescence? Before we get to these hugely important questions, let us first look closer at the newborn and its mother . . .

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Dreams are universal; we all dream - we are after all, species bound. It comes as somewhat of surprise however, that, universally, our dreams reflect a typically limited range of themes. Maybe if we looked closely at these themes, we would be able to make up what being human means? I find it amazing that our brains can make up a story that is unique to ourselves every night, using only a limited number of themes. It strikes me that story-making must be an innate human capacity. We are made for story, it seems. Every night as you go to sleep, your brain concocts a story in which your life plays a major role. This, in itself , is extraordinary.
(All mammals dream every night, with few rare exceptions).
If you would like to look at the universality of themes, look up Hall & van der Castle.

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