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Elizabeth Gilbert on Creativity, Suffering [1]

Submitted by klarimer on November 16, 2011 - 8:49am

She may be done giving public talks about Eat, Pray, Love [2], but this clip from 2009 is worth another look. In it Gilbert offers a refreshing way to think about creativity. "Somehow we've completely internalized and accepted, collectively, this notion that creativity and suffering are somehow inherently linked and that artistry, in the end, will ultimately lead to anguish," she says. "Are you guys all cool with that idea?"

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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/elizabeth_gilbert_on_creativity_and_suffering [2] http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/05/elizabeth-gilbert-says-goodbye-to-eat-pray-love/238365/