My friend Prue sent me a link to Elizabeth Gilbert's TED talk about the creative process. Yes, yes. Still bleating on about this. EG talks about trying to write a new book after the success of 'Eat, Pray, Love'. I'm probably the only person on the planet who hasn't read it . . . nor seen the film.
This excellent talk reminded me of when a colleague jokingly told me years ago - well, I think he was joking - that 'The Cook's Companion' (1995), would be my brightest book design triumph and that every book I designed thereafter would ultimately fall short. Be that as it may, :(, I like EGs idea of having an external force on hand sometimes. I'm almost inspired to get a copy of EPL.
Now these TED talks are a whole other distraction for me. What am I doing watching these at 11pm when I could be sleeping? Elizabeth Gilbert, Phillipe Starck and then several by Stefan Sagmeister. Great stuff. . . enjoy. Thanks Prue.
http://www.ted.com/
http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/stefan_sagmeister_the_power_of_time_off.html
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Ha, the pleasure is mine. I can't believe I informed you of TED, let alone EPL. Where have you been? The back blocks of Byron Bay?
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed eat Eat Pray Love, you have sparked my interest here with this link, thank you!
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