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Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

TED · talk · Watch on YouTube

Literature & writing craftPsychology & human behavior

What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN people link it in threads about creativity, late bloomers and creative burnout as a humble, relatable take on where inspiration comes from.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2011, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “This is really quite germane”

    Talk on writing and creativity relevant to late bloomers.

    wglb, 2012-07 · Recommendation · in “Late bloomer, not a loser. (I hope) ”

  2. “she is humble and relatable in the video”

    Subjective take on who is responsible for creativity, humble and relatable.

    bgilroy26, 2012-07 · Recommendation · in “The "Just look at it" hack for problem solving”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: ted talk, creative process, genius, writing, inspiration

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