Elizabeth Gilbert: A different way to think about creative genius (Thanks to Omie for the link)
Elizabeth Gilbert: A different way to think about creative genius (Thanks to Omie for the link)
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I like the way she describes the creative process in this talk. Even though the poet she describes sounds like a fruitloop, I don’t want to judge her either. Creative work can be pretty chaotic, as I understand it, even though I think I’ve starved my creative children over the years. We probably need to go through counseling.
I remember a creative writing teacher explaining how she had written books or stories, and each time it was different. One time she said it was like hanging on to the tail of a beast as it drug her across the ground. She wrote that one in a flurry of several days. Other times she plodded along.
It’s fascinating that Ms. Gilbert wants to think of creativity as spiritual or supernatural, believe it all a fantasy of the creative mind. She and I assume the audience would not tolerate the suggestion that we are creative beings because we were created in the likeness of a powerfully creative being.