I think people should try to express their emotions as often as possible and if they can best express them through art they should do so. I do wonder if it would be healthier to discuss emotions/ unconscious needs with someone and try to figure out where they are coming from with the clarity of dialogue. Art is by necessity more vague because the unconscious desires must remain vague for other people to appreciate them. Dialogue does require speaking with a knowledgeable person who is non-judgmental. This may not be easily possible making art the next best option. I think that allowing unconscious desires to build without expression would lead to negative emotional states, perhaps depression or seemingly irrational anger. Art could serve as a cathartic method of expressing these desires so that they do not constantly impede our daily lives. On the other hand constantly looking for these emotional states in order to produce art might make us unhappy. If one is constantly looking at things that their mind seeks to repress seems like a form of torture. Expressing hidden emotions/desires through art is not separate from repressing emotions for a societal standard because artists repress their emotions whenever they are not creating art. People are probably better off with a sometime outlet that they can then return to society having expressed their emotions. People in society also get the chance to see the art and let themselves feel their own emotions that they would usually try to repress.
Assuming Freud was right could art exist that does not express any unconscious needs or would all art need to express unconscious need?
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