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can you explain more of the appeal? (apologies, but i am going to explain my opinion here before waiting for you to answer. eit.) i stopped watching 75-85% of

by diN0bot 17y ago

can you explain more of the appeal? (apologies, but i am going to explain my opinion here before waiting for you to answer. eit.) i stopped watching 75-85% of the way through. i couldn't take all the "you know"s, "like"s and "um"s. i'm not sure if the content wasn't appealing to me, or if her explanation was unexciting. when i see great art or learn something awesome i feel something lift inside me. i have an emotional connection. this drew a blank. i was a little surprised, since the blog post made sense to me. i agree with other commenters who mention have this fuzzy concept but not seeing it discussed in public much less defined. for a "best" TED talk i'd recommend http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke... she's a good speaker. there are other excellent speakers, too. maybe the "worked on 8hrs a day for 6 weeks" build up raised my expectations, but she sounded nervous, laughed at her own unfunny and irrelevant jokes, and didn't create anything wondrous or lifting inside either my heart or my head.

kringz 17y ago
Perhaps it would be difficult to understand what she is talking about if you had never experienced similar personal dilemmas...
- lux 17y ago
  Indeed, the struggle with the process of creation, the fear of rejection, misunderstanding, failure, is at the core of many artists. I look at entrepreneurialism and hacking as forms of art too, so the topic is very on point here in my view. But back to that vulnerability. As an artist, you can connect to that immediately. It's moving to hear another artist talk that openly and honestly about something so central to their existence. One of my favourite things she said was about being a mule. We're all mules. And we can be proud of the effort, of continuing to show up, regardless of the result. I'm a fairly hard-line atheist (I am open to actual proof ;), but there is something mystical about the eureka moment during the creative process. Sometimes it is a wave that comes at you when you hope to be ready, and you just try to catch it while you can. And several times I remember feeling the way she described the dancer becoming something more. I've seen that dancer before. Anyone who's created art for long enough has touched that, but as a logical person I'm almost ashamed to get that out-there describing my personal experiences. Hat's off to her for having the guts to do so and do so that openly.
- diN0bot 17y ago
  er... i think i understand what she is talking about and have had similar personal experiences...interesting choice there of questioning that. no, i was speaking to the disjoint between the content of the blog article (effortless requires extreme diligence) and the example (eat, pray, love author's ted talk as "best ted talk ever").
vijayr 17y ago
Jill Taylor's talk is awesome, I agree. I'm not sure how to explain. Genius is a topic that can't be black and white, and can be debated/discussed all day. The part about being a mule etc, struck a chord. I read her book, it was good, though I wouldn't say its the best travel/autobiographical book I've read. "Travels" by Michael Crichton is very very good, he was a great guy and had traveled to many places. He was trained to be a doctor, but his heart was into writing, he talks about that a lot. You could take a look at 'eat pray love' (though I'd recommend Crichton's book if you have to choose), to get a background on her, as a person. In short, I don't know how to explain, I just happen to agree with her thoughts on the subject, and really enjoyed the talk.
cyunker 17y ago
I pretty much agree. This talk did nothing to me. It didn't really break any new ground. Yes, you must be persistent and "show up for work" to be an artist. Who hasn't heard this before? I hadn't heard of this author or her book, so I checked it out on Amazon. The most useful review is titled "Glib, narcissistic and lightweight". That's kind of how I felt listening to this talk. How many times did she mention the "freakish success" of her book?

by diN0bot 17y ago

kringz 17y ago

Perhaps it would be difficult to understand what she is talking about if you had never experienced similar personal dilemmas...

lux 17y ago
Indeed, the struggle with the process of creation, the fear of rejection, misunderstanding, failure, is at the core of many artists. I look at entrepreneurialism and hacking as forms of art too, so the topic is very on point here in my view. But back to that vulnerability. As an artist, you can connect to that immediately. It's moving to hear another artist talk that openly and honestly about something so central to their existence. One of my favourite things she said was about being a mule. We're all mules. And we can be proud of the effort, of continuing to show up, regardless of the result. I'm a fairly hard-line atheist (I am open to actual proof ;), but there is something mystical about the eureka moment during the creative process. Sometimes it is a wave that comes at you when you hope to be ready, and you just try to catch it while you can. And several times I remember feeling the way she described the dancer becoming something more. I've seen that dancer before. Anyone who's created art for long enough has touched that, but as a logical person I'm almost ashamed to get that out-there describing my personal experiences. Hat's off to her for having the guts to do so and do so that openly.
diN0bot 17y ago
er... i think i understand what she is talking about and have had similar personal experiences...interesting choice there of questioning that. no, i was speaking to the disjoint between the content of the blog article (effortless requires extreme diligence) and the example (eat, pray, love author's ted talk as "best ted talk ever").

vijayr 17y ago

Jill Taylor's talk is awesome, I agree. I'm not sure how to explain. Genius is a topic that can't be black and white, and can be debated/discussed all day. The part about being a mule etc, struck a chord. I read her book, it was good, though I wouldn't say its the best travel/autobiographical book I've read. "Travels" by Michael Crichton is very very good, he was a great guy and had traveled to many places. He was trained to be a doctor, but his heart was into writing, he talks about that a lot. You could take a look at 'eat pray love' (though I'd recommend Crichton's book if you have to choose), to get a background on her, as a person. In short, I don't know how to explain, I just happen to agree with her thoughts on the subject, and really enjoyed the talk.

cyunker 17y ago

I pretty much agree. This talk did nothing to me. It didn't really break any new ground. Yes, you must be persistent and "show up for work" to be an artist. Who hasn't heard this before? I hadn't heard of this author or her book, so I checked it out on Amazon. The most useful review is titled "Glib, narcissistic and lightweight". That's kind of how I felt listening to this talk. How many times did she mention the "freakish success" of her book?