“This is really quite germane”
Talk on writing and creativity relevant to late bloomers.
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This is really quite germane: this video . While she talks about writing, I think it applies to the kind of thing you are talking about here.
Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert
5.4M views · Feb 9, 2009 · 19:29 · 2 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2011–2021
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, reflects on the pressure placed on artists to be geniuses. She proposes the older idea that creative people have a genius that visits them rather than being one.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN people link it in threads about creativity, late bloomers and creative burnout as a humble, relatable take on where inspiration comes from.
“The idea of a "muse", and "genius" is something that visits you (not something you are).”HN comment, 2021
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“she is humble and relatable in the video”
Subjective take on who is responsible for creativity, humble and relatable.
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This TED talk by the author of Eat, Pray, Love addresses the very question at hand: "Who/What is responsible for creativity?". It approaches the question from a very subjective point of view. I haven't read her book, but she is humble and relatable in the video. this video
Creative genius talk about the burden of creative output.
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What are with some of these comments? This is not a story about a man who lost his 401k value. This is about seeing the end of the road and realizing the greatest things you've done you can never do again. Here's a man who is considered by some the greatest american writer (words of my freshman year english prof), who felt like he would "never achieve what he was capable of"(paraphrase). See: link this video
“The idea of a "muse", and "genius" is something that visits you (not something you are).”
Genius as something that visits you, not something you are.
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The idea of a "muse", and "genius" is something that visits you (not something you are). IIRC, this TED talk is about it this video