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Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

Why it was recommended

The idea of a "muse", and "genius" is something that visits you (not something you are).

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What it covers

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. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel
TED
Length
19 min 29 sec
Year
2009
Open on YouTube

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