4 Lessons in Creativity | Julie Burstein | TED Talks

Radio host Julie Burstein talks with creative people for a living -- and shares four lessons about how to create in the face of challenge, self-doubt and loss. Hear insights from filmmaker Mira Nair, writer Richard Ford, sculptor Richard Serra and photographer Joel Meyerowitz.
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[@SamerliteWater]

1. Paying attention to the world around us 2. Learn from parts of life that are most difficult 3. Pushing up against the limits of what they can do and can't do 4. Embrace loss

[@acidjoash]

Legend.

[@creativechangers9103]

Great lessons for sure!

[@benalexander5010]

papa bless

[@erikmaguina1]

Thanks, Sam for helping us by posting these 4 points. I wish I had simply read these and trusted these were the 4 points she used.

[@SB_JACKBO]

Te aMo

[@ConsoleFarmer]

1. Pay attention of the world around us, 3:53. 2. Learning from the parts of life that are most difficult, 5:47. 3. Pushing up against the limits of what they can do and can't do, 7:25. 4. Embrace loss, 10:32.

[@Bihigos]

Man is here for a reason. Thank you.

[@Acolorfulcreativity]

I love how Julie Burstein made note of how important creativity is in all professional careers, not just art forms. Everyone is an artist. Very inspiring TED talk!

[@creativechangers9103]

So true!

[@darkly77]

3:03 When you're terrified of letting go and finally build up the courage to do it, but to your wonderful surprise... you don't break.

[@CreativeT]

"To Live a Creative Life We Must Lose Our Fear Of Being Wrong❣" ~Joseph Clinton Pearce

[@hasnainabbasdilawar8832]

Deadlines too.

[@normanwink]

That intro is louder than THX

[@gianluca3425]

yeah it's 2am here I was using headphones, I almost died

[@TheDynamicApprentice]

lol

[@Drstrangeclock]

Time is so unstoppable we as humans are unable to properly comprehend it. A lot of the human drama is derived from this.

[@PiraticalFox]

I've read both of his books on the subject (and watched the videos) and couldn't agree more. Everyone starts out creative and it's the education system that beats it out of all but a lucky few. More people need to work at reclaiming their natural creativity.

[@landdcollection]

I don't think its about destruction being beautiful, but about the way nature and time put together can heal the fresh wounds caused by that destruction and that pain.

[@Dizzula]

3:11 oh my life hahahaha :D

[@ashleshagill3487]

Sir Ken Robinson sitting at the back, oh it look's so cool

[@MrMortonFizzback]

Yes that is true, as much as you don't teach people to breath

[@EleanorRealOne]

what a beautiful speech , i love this one

[@yahalife]

“The most creative people have this childlike facility to play.”-John Cleese

[@MrBel23]

I was impress by the flow and meaning of your talk. The brightest light comes when near the darkest places to define it (us) or otherwise the dark consumes the light, in life-without care taken.

[@jackiedamico2320]

Life without change and creativity is just a dream...

[@The214thRabidFangirl]

I'm loving it!

[@aamirkhan6692]

I laughed so hard when it didn’t break. lol

[@DanHolly3]

I really like the speech. It made a lot of sense to me.

[@elmo2you]

So iconic for people who do not understand something to cry "boring", as to legitimize their ignorance and inability to see the value of something. The irony is more that while TED tries to spread ideas worth spreading, the number of people willing to receive appears to be on the decline.

[@ohmywhyamIsofly]

This was a great talk.

[@Lorenzopphotography]

Absolutely Beautiful!!

[@Msasha2727]

you hit the nail on the head!

[@leeroynaggins]

Yaaaaaawn...

[@user-dh7iv1ox4m]

希望能有字幕，谢谢。

[@aka-sanzhang]

+Ramon Ma 有字幕啦

[@vastucson]

Great information! The first book to take readers inside the experience of creative inspiration comes out tomorrow (3/6/2018): "Deep Creativity: Inside the Creative Mystery. This is the culmination of a 30-year exploration of inspired creativity.

[@DHARMIK_M]

In short creativity is all about taking risk

[@macandbern]

Beautiful... 🙏

[@PiraticalFox]

Thank you for countering the negativity. :)

[@draayeshapreeti5522]

She says, she had to let go in the beginning. What exactly did she let go of?

[@twistedmelno5]

I find it amusing because they often are.

[@bwillwall]

Fantastic talk :D all I can think is wow!

[@SchalkvanWyk1949]

some people just don't get it, do they? Why can't we just forget about perfection and embrace the cracks? It is after all through the cracks that the light comes in (Leonard Cohen, Anthem).

[@eddiemc7]

Damn right. We're born creative without boundaries and we are supposed to make that creativity more mature with experience and knowledge. But somewhere around 6 or 7 seven years any type of creativity is on its way to be crushed by our industrial revolution shaped education system.

[@louiecreates]

A very inspiring speech. :)

[@Scarletcroft]

Very inspiring

[@nolybab137]

Actually, I quite liked it. I thought that some of the metaphysical imagery was really particularly effective. Interesting rhythmic devices counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor of the humanity of the creative genius soul, which contrives through the medium of the verse structure to sublimate this, transcend that, and come to terms with the fundamental dichotomies of the other, into whatever this talk is about.

[@MoJo01]

Indeed. But for some reason people explain their methods in a row fashion. For example Jakob Nielsen is considered to be one of the gurus in website design and user useability techniques, yet, his website is written in plain text!

[@Infernal_Nipple]

heheh, nice one. Watching the folk theater with a lot of passion and hashish :) It helps your creativity indeed. Nice video.

[@aaa78905]

I really have no idea~ why so many people dislike this video? what's wrong with it?

[@cks1001]

This is an amazing speech. I'm really disappointed by all the negative comments

[@MonkeyKong21]

4:58 it's freddie mer-curry!

[@TheDynamicApprentice]

LMFAO 🤣

[@frankwong]

What's your favourite idea, mine is being creative, how do you get the idea? I just try to think creatively.

[@anthonyibanez3427]

AMAZING

[@SashkoGrigoriev]

What's so arty about steel walls?

[@alanvu3212]

I have no words

[@sheepwshotguns]

what is the biggest ROCK?

[@srimansrini]

Creativity is lifeline of everything. The speaker didn't stress this point very well. Otherwise, it is OK. Not that much bad.

[@unzahid]

দারুণ।

[@Socrates...]

creativity is constant practice.

[@aqueenmaria]

Touche'. However, for a better, interesting, and more specific approach to creativity - if you're so enthused about this one - please watch John Cleese's lecture on creativity. Perhaps you will understand my comparison.

[@YoIomaster]

sad but true

[@chubbard78]

So you are saying that I can get into the museum of modern art by lifting a door mat and displaying it?

[@chrishwk]

This really has to be the most boring TED talk I've ever watched, and I watch almost all of them.

[@rakeshkrishnant]

Creativity is an essential part of the life's process. Preservation is the toughest of these phases. I am not sure of the destruction though. Natural change is created by forces of nature.

[@thedevo01]

Right, it's a muscle that must be kept fit.

[@tradnwal]

3:10 I hate it when that doesn't happen. LOL... This is a great medafore for how things will be ok if you just let go.

[@TheBlackMamba242424]

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[@Creativpeople75]

Great

[@PoetlaureateNFDL]

Neat!

[@tdreamgmail]

Who selects talks for TedtalksDirector? I've seen some great Tedxtalks

[@PotadoTomado]

Might be a bit of an over-exaggeration. Creativity still plays a very large part in many assignments, but the whole system is inevitably geared towards teaching you how to think properly.

[@tmalonso]

those who can't do...teach

[@PiraticalFox]

Thanks for stopping by to be negative. Unfortunately, we have no need of negativity at the moment. Please take it back to your headquarters and explain that no one needs it and they should just shut down production. As I was taught from a young age: "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." Please take that to heart.

[@toddwheatley-dr-know3964]

Imagine BRAINPOWER as a superpower. It's possible with creativity, innovation, and original thinking. Therefore a link to this video and keywords have been added to the DR-KNOW website by IQ-2k Information Services

[@MizManagement]

Actually you can teach creativity. I'm currently participating in an online class called "A Crash Course on Creativity" through Stanford University's Venture Lab. Tina Seelig has been teaching courses on creativity for years. Google it if you're interested.

[@3stepsfromhell]

Sir Ken Robinson behind her 00:42 !!

[@HigherPlanes]

It's a natural process, however, government schools grades 1 through 12 guarantee that any traces of creative thought are history by the time you graduate.

[@Games4Dummies]

Yes you can, watch Ken Robinson's video Do schools kills Creativity?

[@FAVORITE72427]

Creativity makes me feel alive.

[@2LegHumanist]

defeatist!

[@kittimcconnell2633]

Raku disappoints me because it cannot be used for anything other than decoration. I don't need decorative pottery. If I'm going to buy something from a potter - and I LOVE pottery - I want something I can drink from, wash, stack, and use again.

[@phileono]

Beautiful

[@dafl00]

Did she just say creativity needs passion and hash?

[@52111centrumcz]

I think its because...plain text has one of the highest utility/usability concievable.

[@theworldeatswithyou]

Don't worry, I always flag people who write that.

[@olajideolagunju9038]

I think that's there's a major problem with a lot of Americans. Even if she was boring, I had my eyes and ears tied to her because all what she said are strong points concerning creativity. For all of you who shun this off because its boring, you should focus more on the content of her speech not presentation. I don't blame you though, I blame the education system in America. Go read: Mark Edmundson's "On the Uses of a Liberal Education: As Lite Entertainment for Bored College Students."

[@DHARMIK_M]

HASHISH means smoke weed everyday

[@fariusalondale]

For those of you who want the real "4 Lessons in Creativity," proceed to Sam Hyde's 2070 Paradigm Shift (also a Ted Talk).

[@landdcollection]

I honestly don't see how this is boring. Seeing these comments reminds me of schoolchildren, complaining about learning, yet being blinded by the fact that this can benefit them nonetheless. Do forgive me for sounding like most "kids" around here, but please do shut up and enjoy the video.

[@MizManagement]

My pleasure; too much of it around. After I posted this I thought it might be more accurate to say that what can be taught is more an "unlearning" of the things we are all taught at a young age that stifles our natural creativity. Never met a child who is not creative. But by the time they reach adolescence, most learn that conformity, not creativity, gets rewarded so they conform. We learn to stop being creative. Sir Ken Robinson has a great youtube video on it if you care to look for it.

[@michalexy]

Awks when the pot didn't break

[@MoJo01]

sure, the same idea as in your reply could also apply the comment i was replied to.

[@BrennanAndrewWittig]

What might seem like useless comments could easily be valuable feedback. Maybe next time they put out a video the intro won't hurt my ears.

[@Snackay]

The first 2 points were clear, but not the second 2.

[@52111centrumcz]

Not quite - if a show is "boring" then people "zone out" mentally. Which makes the delivery incomplete/insufficient.

[@ric.larsson]

To her defense about not breaking the cup... I had a teacher of physics fail to demonstrate gravity by not taking into account the magnetism of the white board eraser before letting it go. To my dismay though... in a talk about demonstrating an idea with art, you have to change your metaphors if you fail to demonstrate your idea. "Letting go", "Destroying", "Loss" and so on just doesn't work after that fail. The talk lose all meaning since it is no longer inspiring. Anyways, I may be picky...

[@ibak909]

0:15

[@Baegopayoo23]

It's all from Chinese not Japan

[@camus8x]

she saw creativity on a cup...then she threw it to the ground!!!!!!!!!!

[@abdullahkauchali3896]

The pot didn't break because ... ? ... like she says, there's always more than one way to throw a pot!

[@h0merg0mez]

Cup didn't break. Thumbs down.

[@kmetze]

So many TED talks these days seem to be empty, like this one. It's 15 minutes of anecdotes and flowery language. Where is the revelation? The information? In earlier talks the speakers actually had something to say. Rather than the whole lot of nothing we're getting now.

[@AzureFlash]

I don't know about you guys, but I think creating a sorting algorithm, designing a cheap yet sturdy bridge, discovering a new alloy or proving a mathematical theorem involves much more creativity than filming, writing, sculpting or taking photographs. This should probably be called "4 lessons in originality".

[@MAFiA303]

1 view.. hi myself

[@ynsane2000]

I'm at min 3 and I notice I'm grimacing hard

[@jerrylittlemars]

3:12 awkwaaaard...

[@906087]

not focused enough and way too much filler

[@Daisycutting2]

Very life affirming, but i now have idealistic diabetes

[@manangandhi4049]

What a load of crap! wasted 17:20 minutes!!