Really good speech on staying sane during the creative process ...

[smy1]

http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html

Check this out. I could totally relate to that ...

 

[Fox Mulder]

Yes, just in time.

 

[crazykarl]

pretty cool!

 

[jrt12]

very cool find man, thanks for sharing

 

[Cryo114]

Cool, reminded me of these videos.

MythBuster Adam Savage's Colossal Failures


MythBusters' Adam Savage - Dodos, Maltese Falcons, and the Art of Extreme Obsession

Funny and inspiring as hell.

For what its worth, my creative process changed in a huge way when I made myself realise that the result/final product is not the best reason to be doing anything creative. As soon as I started to focus on the process only, the love of the process, the work just flowed and the results came on their own.

 

[SocialNumb]

Cool little vid but I don't agree. Maybe I missed the whole point.

 

[smy1]

SocialNumb: hahaha, maybe I dont think there is a whole lot to agree with. She is just presenting an idea she had which worked for her. Of course you can disregard it completely if you want!

 

[Erkan]

Interesting that this would pop up now... I'm in the middle of a HUGE creative process now that is like a rollercoaster. I'm happy and in despair from moment to another and I'm wearing myself out but I just have to do it... I gotta get my music out from inside of me.

It was cool to watch this video, although I never feel pressure about my creative projects... rather, I just feel... I don't know, everything but pressure haha.

 

[bibz]

From my point of view its just her rationalising a fear of her own success. And the inability to distinguish success from happiness. There simply cannot be a capitalistic approach to the arts, from judgement to comparison. Subjectivity plays a massive role, and what we create can (mostly doesnt) resonate with large groups in our circles, or the world nowadays. Such things create massive capitalistic movements on a project and puts a price on it and gets alot of business minds involved in something that was purely a creative endeavour. That resonance may never be found again, but that doesn't mean further/prior work was any more or less important. It obviously does to the accountant. Thats where the pressure comes from, the notion that success ($) is an artists worth.

 

[SocialNumb]

All I know is there is no one in my walls and I'm not gonna pretend so I can shift my "stress" outside myself. Besides, I lack the feelings she is describing. Maybe it's because I've never been famous but I never wanted to be. Basically I don't care what others consider my artistic worth. I'm NUMB.


I like a lot of those TED vids tho.