video of eliz gilbert

A wothwhile talk. Enjoy.

Liz Gilbert has some words of wisdom about what it means to "have" a genius vs. "being" a genius. Munch on that.

i'm still having the love affair with elizabeth gilbert. i love her ted talk on creativity. it's such an inspiration to just get out there and do it. there's always fear - fear you'll never be successful and fear if you have been that you will never be again. and the most important thing is that you just get out there and do it.

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The author of Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert has thought long and hard about some large topics. Her next fascination: genius, and how we ruin it.

This is a fascinating talk by Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert about creativity - where it comes from, what it means, how to recognise and nurture it.

When in the act of creation we have a task, but the result does not come from us. We facilitate it, but do not provide it. Emerson talked about this. Nietzsche talked about this. David James Duncan has talked about this. And now Elizabeth Gilbert. She gets it.

I have watched to this video by Elizabeth Gilbert (author of the fabulous Eat Pray Love!) several times - I love it! She has such a great take on where creativity or inspiration comes from - a perception that, for me at least, takes a lot of pressure off and allows to me to just do what I love to do without so many of the loud, critical voices shouting in my head! So, I invite you to enjoy this video and the short poem I wrote on the topic!

Whisper

It’s like a whisper
One only I can hear
Where it comes from -
I’m not sure
Inside, outside
All over through

Inspiration, some say
A muse, a daemon
Where it comes from -
I cannot say
‘Tis simply mine to listen
To translate whisper to word