 On a microcosmic level, however, the lifelong oscillation between the two "poles of fear" can be made more bearable, according to Rank, in a relationship with another person who accepts one's uniqueness and difference, and allows for the emergence of the creative impulse—without too much guilt or anxiety for separating from the other.Living fully requires "seeking at once isolation and union" (Rank, 1932/1989, p. 86), finding the courage to accept both simultaneously, without succumbing to the "Angst" that leads a person to be whipsawed from one pole to the other.Creative solutions for living emerge from the fluctuating, ever-expanding and ever-contracting, space between separation and union.