Comments on: Elizabeth Gilbert’s Outstanding TEDtalk

By: unreliable narrator

unreliable narrator — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:26:22 +0000

I agree—if this is one, we need to know the other two in your personal troika! Cos this one blew me away.

By: LaRon Carter

LaRon Carter — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:20:35 +0000

Teachers must spend more time thinking different about how to produce winning outcomes of our pursuits. For most of us that means thinking differently about creative genius (Elizabeth Gilbert). Our creative genius is not only on the line, but our students depend on us to deliver. As a matter of fact they probably won’t even show up if we haven’t found our creative genius.

LaRon | @laroncarter

By: Abi

Abi — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:26:43 +0000

thanks for posting. its a great talk indeed. she verbalizes very well a lot of things that i’ve been thinking about. what are your other 2 favorite talks?

By: Christopher Blizzard · five writing resources

Christopher Blizzard · five writing resources — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:18:35 +0000

[...] Elizabeth Gilbert’s Outstanding TEDtalk on John’s weblog. Elizabeth Gilbert talks about the creative process, suffering and her [...]

By: Tristan

Tristan — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:59:14 +0000

Really cool talk. I felt more engaged at the end as I thought the beginning was a bit slow. I was wrong: Elizabeth was just setting the stage…

Thanks for sharing, I’m looking forward the next two other inspiring talks!

By: Orlando Fernandes

Orlando Fernandes — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:19:49 +0000

Great post, another dimension to what Dr. Robert Kreeft has to say about suffering “..those who have found meaning to their suffering make it…”

By: Christopher Blizzard

Christopher Blizzard — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:41:41 +0000

Wow, yeah. Great 20 minute video for a quiet evening sitting in a hotel room in Paris.

I’ve had the moments she describes. They are rare and special.

By: LoriHC

LoriHC — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:38:10 +0000

That was excellent. And fwiw, I know exactly what that 90 year-old poet was talking about.

By: dl

dl — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:25:07 +0000

nice. but I think the pain…often forces the “daemon” or “genius” to come out from hiding in that “dark alley that separates heaven and earth”… and art actually may come from that friction… (somebody really smart once said “art is the friction between heaven and earth”) the friction is uncomfortable to hold.

but great post …thanks…