Elizabeth Gilbert: A different way to think about creative genius
posted by Ian Summers on February 23rd, 2009
This link was referred by Mark Gilmore. Thanks. Mark. Thanks TED.
Elizabeth Gilbert faced down a premidlife crisis by doing what we all secretly dream of – running off for a year. Her travels through Italy, India and Indonesia resulted in the mega-bestselling and deeply beloved memoir Eat, Pray, Love, about her process of finding herself by leaving home.
She’s a longtime magazine writer – covering music and politics for Spin and GQ – as well as a novelist and short-story writer. Her books include the story collection Pilgrims, the novel Stern Men (about lobster fishermen in Maine) and a biography of the woodsman Eustace Conway, called The Last American Man. Her work has been the basis for one movie so far (Coyote Ugly, based on her own memoir, in this magazine article, of working at the famously raunchy bar), and now it looks as if Eat, Pray, Love is on the same track, with the part of Gilbert reportedly to be played by Julia Roberts. Not bad for a year off.
Gilbert also owns and runs the import shop Two Buttons in Frenchtown, New Jersey.
Tags: Creative Process, creative spirit, eat pray love, elizabeth gilbert, genius, Right brain
February 24th, 2009 at 11:33 am
Ian,
Thanks for sharing Elizabeth Gilbert’s talk. I have watched a number of the videos on the TED site and always come away with a kernel ( or more ) or inspiration.
Regards,
David
February 24th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
Hi Tim,
You .may find this comforting or maybe inspiring for artists like us.
Tommy.
February 24th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Thank you Elizabeth Gilbert for sharing the power of your observations with me thru this TED production.
The worm hole of creativity truly does have ears, how divine!