(MBASkills.IN) Your Elusive Creative Genius

Your Elusive Creative GeniusBy Elizabeth Gilbert

A lot of stars in the 20th century have committed

suicide or suffered depression

Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves? Robin Williams

I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful

- Marilyn Monroe

Plath was clinically depressed for most of her

adult life

PEOPLE ASSOCIATE CREATIVE WORKS WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND A FEAR THAT THEIR WORK WON’T BE GOOD

ENOUGH, OR NOT AS GOOD AS THEIR PAST

WORK.

“I believe my greatest work is now behind me, which is a scary thought”

How to construct barriers between work

and this anxiety?

The ancient Greeks & Romans believed an artist had a spirit that helped their work – called a

daemon or a ‘genius’

Daemon or ‘genius’ insulated the artist from criticism and

narcissism

The work was not theirs and they could not take all the credit or blame

Changed the paradigm

Artist himself is genius.Made Artists

Responsible to Critics

Distorted egos and unmanageable expectations

Can we go back to classical

period?

Elizabeth describes a poem coming to a poet like an

approaching train.

She must write it down before it passes never to be

seen again.

To a writer, ideas come as strong impulses

Let your Idea daemon be responsible for creativity

Separate yourself from this Deamon

HOWEVER, BOTH

MUST COME TOGETHER TO

CREATE A POEM

A musician once, when struck by an idea said,“Can you not see I’m driving… If you really want to exist, come back at a more opportune moment. Otherwise go Bother Leonard Cohen”

Essentially, feel free from anxiety, performance pressure

Tell your daemon, anxiety, fear to..

“I am doing everything I can. If you want better work, turn up to do your own bit.”

Understand, Creativity is a flow

Show up for work. Keep writing.

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