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Recent Examples of automatism Amid the incredible automatism of the stage production (and life in general), Left Shark’s choreography mistakes spawned a wave of internet memes that made Katy Perry unhappy — until her lawyers saw the value and attempted to trademark Left Shark’s design. — Andrey Mir, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026 Breton aimed to access the unconscious through dream and automatism, a surrealist technique of creating art without conscious control, allowing spontaneous expression from the subconscious mind, free from rational thought or aesthetic rules. — Sally Jane Brown, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025 At the club, time allows automatisms and structure to become habit. — Philipp Lahm, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025 French critic Laurent Jenny, in a piece translated by Thomas Trezise, contrasts Breton and Spanish artist Salvador Dalí, who, beginning in 1930, challenged some of the ideas of automatism. — Allison C. Meier, JSTOR Daily, 19 Sep. 2024 Psychic automatism is a dubious technique but a splendid alibi, enabling many of the artists in the exhibition to get away with imagery that, if not outright cliché, looks a lot like it. — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024

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The trauma would remain buried beneath a heavy shroud of silence and shame, resurfacing only decades later—almost violently breaking through—during a hypnosis session.

— Olivier Bouchara, Vanity Fair, 24 July 2026
Emmy Brunner’s next one-day immersive experience, The Shift, takes place Saturday, July 18, in New York City and uses her VINTIVITY Method, including neural reprogramming, clinical hypnosis and experiential techniques.

— Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 13 July 2026

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Barrymore’s turn in the lead role is itself a feat of silver-screen mesmerism, portraying Svengali as a cruel yet magnetic figure who wields his own charisma as an instrument of terrible power.

— Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Richter then turned to the master of musical mesmerism for the movie’s soundtrack, to be performed live by a 14-player chamber ensemble of strings, winds and pairs of vibraphones and pianos.

— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023

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