"Mommy." The child pulled at her mother's skirt. "Mommy! Lookit. Lookit the butterfly. See, it looks just like a flower flying!"

Mrs. Patterson hauled her breath in as if a weight larger than herself held it, and to Mrs. Malone, "Well, I got to do some shopping yet for supper," then, "What is it, Patsy?" What do you want Mother to see? I got to get supper yet. Your father'll be getting home early tonight."

"Nothing." Patsy's voice was small and turned in. "Nothing. It's gone now."

Homosexuality and Creativity

Dr. Albert Ellis, psychologist and author of "Sex Without Guilt", presented a thoughtful, provocative and lucid paper summarizing his pioneer research in the relationship of sex deviation to creativity at a recent public lecture in New York City.

Of previous research, Dr. Ellis stated, "Scientific studies of homosexuals have almost always been (a) few; (b) based on small and unrepresentative samples; (o) done with poor research technique; and (d) been marred by the highly biased prejudices of the heterosexuals or homosexuals who conducted them."

216 PATIENTS TESTED

For purposes of his own study Dr. Ellis defined creativity as the ability "to find new solutions to a problem or now modes of artistic expression." On this basis ho tested the creativity of 216 of his patients. One-hundred-fifty of these, being "exceptionally heterosexual", were considered a control group. The remainder, sixty-six homosoxual patients, were classified into three sub groups: 19 of the se despite a history of overt homosexuality might be considered more or less "bisexual"; 33 were homosexuals who retained their own sex role though engaging in sex ac-

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