A friend just sent this to me, I think it's worth sharing. 20 minute lecture on the nature of creativity, nurturing creativity, the artistic ego, why art seems to kill artists... artsy fartsy stuff like that. Mucho recommendo. http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html
creativity? its simple. its putting your mind into a lucid dreaming state while being awake, and not forgetting that dream immediately after you've had it. if you want to be creative, you need to relax, and put your mind into a trance, where it starts wandering. of course your creativity needs something to work with too.…
Yeah, that's one part of the speech I'm still trying to process. I'm not sure if she believed there is a separate entity, or if she was simply giving the dark parts of creativity a name. She talked about how it was given the name Ole and genius, and some other superstitions, but I don't think she really stuck to either…
I'm going to be honest here, people like this kinda piss me off. I respect that she's intelligent, and I'm sure an amazing writer in many people's minds. But i can't help but think she's just being smug, or even the next level of smug. I'm supposed to sit here and be sorry for her great success now? It's not enough that…