Monday, April 06, 2009

Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, on Creative Genius.

I like this talk. Elizabeth Gilbert talks about the creative process, the historical perspective of "creative genius", and the anxiety and fear that creativity can cause. She makes the case that we should go back to the Greek/Roman thinking about creativity: that great work and great creativity is outside of our control, a muse and we are it's vehicle. Instead of worrying about our product, we should continue to keep showing up and hope that the muse makes an appearance.

1 comment:

  1. I've been avoiding this book for various reasons but seems like I'm missing out. I'll need to add that to my list of "to-read"...

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