Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert
TED
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Reframes the pressure on creative people, offering a way to sustain creative work without burning out.
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.
Topics: Innovation & creativity, Resilience & wellbeing
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