With Stokes he wrote a dialogue “Concerning the social basis of art”. Meltzer's aesthetic interests, combined with the mother-baby model of early learning processes, led to seeing psychoanalysis itself as an art form.
Meltzer collaborated with Stokes on a conversation "Concerning the social basis of art". His artistic preoccupations, combined with the mother-baby model of early learning, prompted him to view psychoanalysis as a form of artistic creation.