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's collaboration with Stokes resulted in a discussion "Concerning the social foundation of art". His artistic inclinations, combined with the mother-baby model of early learning, led him to regard psychoanalysis as an artistic endeavor.