Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity

Elizabeth Gilbert has given a wonderful talk for TED concerning the role of genius in the creative life. Rather than artists possessing genius, she is of the opinion that a healthier approach might be that genius possesses artists. In this way, the pressure that artists feel to create is relieved by giving the responsibility to a muse much like the ancients used to do. I have used a similar approach which I explain here: http://ronaldroybal.blogspot.com/2008/02/visited-with-my-good-friend-sky-redhawk.html

This really is a very fascinating talk and should be very helpful for artists in their struggle to balance their creative life with their 'real' life. We need all the help we can get! RR