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Video Pick: A New Way to Think About Creativity



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This week we look at A new way to think about creativity by Elizabeth Gilbert. In this video “Eat, Pray, Love” Author 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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  1. PG Glori
    April 28th

    Ooohhh yes! Her talk is one of my favorites! I love how she talks about the genius is like a separate being and so-called geniuses should not burden themselves too much. She’s funny too.

    Other favorite TED talks I recommend for everybody:
    Susan Cain’s The power of introverts
    http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.html

    and Sir Ken Robinson’ two TED talks on education (and how it kinda sucks)
    http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
    http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html

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