Drinking gin at nine in the morning
| March 10, 2009 | Filled under Video |
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love talks about how hard it is to write every single day when you get little to nothing in return. I like the idea behind her etymology of the word genius. I love the story of the poem sweeping through the field like a cargo train. It makes me want to read her book.
Right now I’m working through The Artist’s Way and Julia Cameron has a similar theory. She refers to God as a creator who enables creativity in all it’s creations. I prefer to think of “GOD” as Good Orderly Direction, and it’s nice to allow yourself to believe that there is an unseen hand guiding you in all you create, and all it takes is open-ness, acceptance of that inspiration. That once you open up, you will find it everywhere.
She doesn’t mention this but genius is also etymologically related to genie, the Arabian Nights variety.
Hat tip to Butch who pointed me to this link.
Glad you got around to watching it. That thing she says about not taking full responsibility for good or bad work really crosses over into all forms of creativity. It’s a neat way to look at it. Just wish critics could see it the same way.