‘A Different Way To Think About Creative Genius’ – Elizabeth Gilbert
All creatives dream. Photographers, writers, designers, musicians, dancers, chefs… dream of doing something so phenomenal that the whole world suddenly knows about it. We dream. We practice. We work. We think. When we’re lucky, we truly create.
What is the nature of creativity? Where does it comes from? Where does it go?
In PixSylated’s Best Web Video for February, Elizabeth Gilbert (author of Eat, Pray, Love which unexpectedly became a runaway international bestseller) talks about the creative genius and life after the “creation of her best work, ever.” Gilbert’s insights and anecdotes are drawn from around the globe and throughout history. She shares stories of her creative journey along with those of other creatives.
I know that when I’m at my most creative, I’m not fully in charge. Apparently I’m not alone in that thought.
You Must Meet TED – Ideas worth spreading
TED, the source of Gilbert’s video, is a treasure trove of great ideas and fantastic video. Forget about cruising YouTube for laughs. Do something constructive while you practice yours skills as a professional procrastinator – watch TED.
from TED.com
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.
The annual conference now brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).
This site makes the best talks and performances from TED available to the public, for free. More than 200 talks from our archive are now available, with more added each week.
TED has published over 390 talks with more being released each week. So, if you watch one each day, you’ll need well over a year to watch them all. You can search TED’s talks by theme here and by release date here. Better yet, you can join millions of people around the globe with a free TED membership.
Need something a bit closer to the world of photography? Check out David Griffin’s talk at TED2008. Griffin is the Director of Photography at National Geographic. He spoke on the power of photography as a means to connect our world.
I just stumbled across Elizabeth’s TED talk the other day, great stuff. I’ll also recommend Benjamin Zander’s talk on Classical Music from 2008.
Brian (the tall fellow from David’s seminar a few months ago)
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