One last TED-talk-video, I felt you would enjoy, especially if you are a writer/creative. Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. It’s a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk. […]
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Amy Tan on creativity | Video on TED.com
Taking a cue from Jane Friedman’s “3 Happy Things” (Inspiring Videos on Facebook), I’ll share a TED video I keep going back to. Warning: You may get hooked on TED after viewing this wonderful talk by Amy Tan (and if that doesn’t do it, check out the video with JK Rowling that I shared in a previous post). Here, novelist Amy Tan digs […]
J K Rowling: The fringe benefits of failure
At her Harvard commencement speech, “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling offers some powerful, heartening advice to dreamers and overachievers, including one hard-won lesson that she deems “worth more than any qualification I ever earned.” I was so impressed with JK Rowling’s speech, as presented on TED, that I had to share it with you. It is 20 minutes well […]
