A Tension of Primary Impulses.In the 19th century, the primary impulse was the search for truth and the secondary impulse was the impulse to create.Since then, the primary impulse has been turned into its own form of truth, but artists and critics still struggle with what lies in the shadow of their primary impulse.Primary urges cannot be ignored or repressed forever, nor must they be left completely alone.Their presence forces an artist to confront his selfhood.