Francis Bacon and the life design

Abstract

Francis Bacon is certainly one of the most representative painter of the XXth century and of the turning point into postmodernity. The article starts from an analysis of his work to illustrate current models of self construction and life design in the field of career counseling. The article proposes to follow the metaphor of the Bicycle (Be-cycle) to blend complementary theoretical models of self construction, organized around Ricoeur's concept of narrative identity. It describes how Bacon's work can be analysed as a trace of his own self construction activity, and therefore as a figure for our own self construction.