Jordan Peterson: Why You Need Art in Your Life

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[@PhilosophyInsights]

If you are interested in this topic, in this interview Peterson speaks about creativity and art and the personality traits of artists: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYrKpqF5maurkJY

[@blw4967]

Great share, thanks.

[@vfpfootball]

PhilosophyInsights I am dying without my art.

[@dagoelius]

Shame the audio is terrible. No lapel mics were used.

[@j03man44]

Kanye had a tab to this video open in one of his tweets

[@Vexedart]

Thanks for verbalizing the vision and journey of the artist so eloquently.

[@kmdn1]

Back when I was a freshman in college at art school, getting ready to study painting as my major, I reconnected with an old friend from middle school. He was telling me he just began studying the sciences, chemistry and biology, saying he hoped to become a doctor in the end and "ya know, 'cure cancer' and whatnot." I responded humbly "here I am studying painting pretty pictures and you're doing something really useful and noble- aiming to save people's lives." What he responded has always stuck with me and is a great metaphor for what Peterson is saying here. He said "if it weren't for art, there would be no reason to cure cancer." You can keep humans living but it is art that gives value to human life.

[@souzanemayes5670]

Wow.

[@cativillegas]

Oof. Thank you for this beautiful reminder. Sometimes (more than often) I question my worth as a person because art chose me. I can't do anything else, don't really know how to do much outside of my creative fields. But this, this is game changer. Thank you.

[@Mad-ik4fq]

As a born artist who has been avoiding that fact for adulthood stability, this hit me really hard. Thank you for sharing

[@tatasobol4505]

Bravo!!

[@laracate3533]

bruh i just cried... thank you for sharing this

[@eddysgaming9868]

Ive had years of college level art education and you rarely hear the purpose and meaning of art articulated so precisely.

[@dangoorevitch7114]

I've posted something about Cezanne I never learned in art school on my FB page. It's important or so I think.

[@wolfpack4128]

As an engineer there's a part of me that thinks art doesn't advance society while there's another side that feels like it has to be important to our survival and prosperity or else it wouldn't exist. This video definitely helps with understanding logically something that is really mostly emotional (art).

[@rileya7652]

good engineering can be art

[@Puleczech]

wolfpack4128 Ha, I think the other way around. I don’t think it is important (as in essential) to our day to day survival. But I think it does advance society for sure and has been since the cave painting era. Take for instance the first jewellery. It was not essential to survival whether you owned piece of gold or a golden ring. But turning the piece of gold into something new and aesthetically pleasing suddenly increased the value of the item itself, of its owner and of the entire society which produced those things. And I don’t mean just the economics of this of course. That’s why we learn that the most advanced societies in our history always had the most interesting, groundbreaking and evolved art. There is definitely a strong correlation. It goes probably both ways, but it is not like “we have built all the roads and hydratating systems already, so lets do some art now.” The art has been there all the time. The same principle works until now. Also look at the role of art in oppressive regimes or dictatorships. Where would nazi Germany be without the strong propaganda machine, which was essentially art? Or the soviet union without the statues and monuments. Those directly influenced the evolution of their societies and even societies thousands of kilometers away...

[@tropuni7088]

yah i feel the same way exactly. i think too much of it is a problem but it is also needed to keep things going. kinda like environmentalism. no one wants to see all the cool animals and environments gone but we also cant just doddle around with it and live in a fantasy.

[@Roan7995]

"...because life is too tragic in the absence of the sublime." I'm putting that on my wall.

[@JoeGelman]

"We have art in order not to die of the truth." -Friedrich Nietzsche Not to downplay Dr. Peterson, but I've no doubt he's paraphrasing one of his favorite thinkers. But it's his delivery and passion that make him great.

[@LaurenHanaChai]

Such a good line...!!!

[@solodolotrevino]

Joe Gelman I’m sure Nietzsche didn’t reach his conclusions on his own either. JP is so masterful at distilling and communicating knowledge with his own spin it’s forgivable.

[@lilywrites4357]

same...

[@Armaan8014]

Art also transforms tragedy into beauty

[@Armaan8014]

Jared Dowty :)

[@dangoorevitch7114]

Almost. It makes sense of tragedy and it's the way in which it does so that is beautiful.

[@joni8768]

Love transforms beauty into tragedy

[@ALEN1ful]

Well said

[@Esko354]

I smell some nietzche around here :P

[@TheJavaMonkey]

I don't think I've ever heard the function, utility and necessity of art so cogently, concisely, and intelligently articulated before.

[@pieuvre776]

Java Monkey It's really refreshing to hear. A lot of people I've known over the years have said art is useless, it serves no purpose, if only people would give up on art the world would be a better place, blah blah blah

[@TheJavaMonkey]

It's not essential to life in the same way as, say, food, water, or oxygen, but I believe it _is_ essential to life, fundamentally. Art helps us remember what is important about the past, realize what's necessary for the future, revitalizes culture, and teaches us things about ourselves and about humanity which we could not otherwise be able to comprehend. It's also the driving mechanism by which tyranny may rise or fall, and which civilization requires as the cornerstone for its very cohesion. Art is, fundamentally, the weapon with which we combat entropy and the collapse of human civilization, the mechanism by which we criticize our shortcomings in hopes of demonstrating where there is marked need for improvement, course correction, and preventative measures against impending dangers not yet realized, and it's the most resilient method we have to preserve beauty and the ideals we mustn't let go. There's a reason that totalitarian states have very specific, deliberate, and tightly regulated aesthetics and iconography. The Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, Mao's China, and North Korea are striking examples of how state-regulated art and iconography can be extremely powerful tools of indoctrination and suppression of independent thought. And, quite often, it's by means of subversive art that stimulates and fosters such thought that those very tyrannical governments and ideologies are toppled. I'm not sure that a free and civilized society would even be possible without art. Despite being a non-fictional account, I'm not sure a work such as _The Gulag Archipelago_ could be accurately described as anything other than a work of art, and it was one of the most powerful contributing factors to the fall of the USSR. It may not be necessary to the survival of the individual, but I would contend that it is absolutely necessary for the survival of society as a whole.

[@TheJavaMonkey]

Thank you, I greatly appreciate it. I agree that Jordan Peterson's comment sections are generally quite excellent places. Lots of constructive conversations and interesting perspectives and incisive observations that one might never have otherwise considered. Mostly, a lot of people who place a great deal of value in free and open dialogue - something which is, unfortunately, very rare to find, especially online. Art is a topic of particular significance to me, both personally and professionally, so it's a delight to hear Professor Peterson's insight on the matter, and to discuss it with others. While the professor is quite right in pointing out that artistic ventures are frustratingly difficult to monetize, I've been fortunate enough to operate a small business as a freelance artist over the past nine years, and generate a modest income by means of it. By no metric can my work be considered profound or culturally significant, but it is nevertheless a great passion of mine, and has been as far back as I can remember.

[@TheJavaMonkey]

Wow, that is a staggeringly ignorant assertion. My first inclination is to write you off as either a troll, or merely a simpleton in the extreme. But, in the spirit of open conversation and debate, I'll bite: what reasoning leads you to include that one of the most ancient and enduring of humanity's creations has no meaning, function, utility, or necessity? I'm not asking rhetorically; I would be very interested to see if you've a cogent argument to elucidate.

[@owenbenjaminshapiro6285]

Java Monkey it's a troll. If you equate great works of art with coloring books and (bad) fiction writing, you lack the capability to judge quality and aesthetics. Basically, you're a robot at that point

[@selfelements8037]

"A real piece of art is a window into the domain of the transcendent."

[@villiestephanov984]

Algore Daemon , Or that you would rend the heavens, when you would come down! That the mountains might shake @ Your Presence- to make Your name known to your adversaries.

[@greybeard804]

And good for nothing when it comes to feeding the kids...

[@fernie51296]

Ken Durham maybe there’s more to life than just reproducing and surviving. Well, there is for me.

[@thebobsagetguy]

Read paradise lost after watching this

[@thebobsagetguy]

Alice InChristchurch I’m glad my comment could be the catalyst. It is a remarkable piece of art and history, a truly transcendent epic. Enjoy

[@dookie_12]

I love free thinking

[@4516n41]

Then you'd love this. Why did he have to bring god into this?

[@4516n41]

@paganist Thinking costs energy and there is no such thing as free lunch ;Þ

[@RyanSmith-wo2pi]

Me too.

[@r.t.1710]

check this: Definitons of art / film art assignment kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKXTkomin6ybd8U

[@JoeyJ1984]

Jordan Peterson is Dragon Energy

[@SwingDancer61]

Dragon with some frog DNA.

[@4516n41]

Nah when your hormones start to regulate he becomes just another fad.

[@jzonkel]

you're not listening

[@ariapearl7059]

Thank you Jordan Peterson, this helped me. I'm an artist and I've been dealing with insecurities around the value of art and the value of my art.

[@charliestubbs6151]

You’re having an experience, and you’re trying to get better and better at expressing it. No need for insecurity in that process whatsoever. Imagine your creative heroes urging you onward rather than allowing their great works to discourage and deflate you.

[@Netizen5000]

Art is like a letter I write for my relatives so they may read. A letter that can capture a memory, an emotion, a simple drawing that contains a lot of thoughts as much as a book, a simple music that speaks more than a whole day conversation in a meeting.

[@BarbaraM-lv7pe]

Muhammad ZZ, Yes, my great uncle who was an artist and whose son and daughter became an architect and artist respectively always told me as a child to hone my drawing skills because art is the language that we “speak” to the world in order relay our creative ideas

[@eizzatakrami6273]

​What a wise word from your uncle

[@Rachel_M_]

"In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.” (Ernst Fischer)

[@idleeidolon]

more like modern art is shit, because the world is going to shit.

[@Rachel_M_]

the modernist movement began in the early 20th century with the impressionists, surrealists, cubists etc. i very much doubt you are both talking about Matisse, Picasso, Mondrian, Manet, Monet or dali. After this came the Post modern art movement, borne out of the DaDa movement which was areaction to the avant garde modernists i mention above. followed by shock art, pop art and then post-post modern art. i think you both may be referring to contemporary art. which is art made currently.

[@Rachel_M_]

which later gave us "artist's shit" in 1961, yet another tongue in cheek poke at the art establishment

[@dangervich]

The urinal was entered into a competition because Duchamp didn't believe his friends' claim to be as liberal as they claimed to be. It was a practical joke.

[@Rachel_M_]

indeed it was a joke, as was most if not all of the DaDaists work. that was kind of their manifesto. the same goes for "Artists Shit"

[@loopyfoodable]

As a college student who is constantly doubted for the practicality of my liberal arts degree, this talk was very reassuring to hear and encourages me to continue pursuing what I love

[@AdamWanly]

Five years after you wrote your comment, I just wanted to say that I hope you're still encouraged.

[@karamlevi]

If you work hard and smart… you’ll capitalize on your degree. If you work hard and smart without a degree you just capitalize. Go win it y’all.

[@srs3572]

I’m planning on going back to school to finish my fine arts degree and also resonate with this speech. There is great value in what we are doing.

[@jebbush3130]

I love the way Jordan Peterson thinks

[@thephilosophersjourney2595]

Fuck off!

[@r.t.1710]

check this: Definitons of art / film art assignment kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKXTkomin6ybd8U

[@SeraphimGoose]

Jordan Peterson is Jungian to the core. His ability to describe how the inner images and archetypes of the collective unconscious manifest themselves in our individual & collective behavior is phenomenal.

[@callum7081]

He did a serious study of jung at one point in his education

[@favoriteone8636]

Dr. Peterson just saved my creative being! I do have a very strong talent that I have tip-toed around and down played my entire life. This speech will catapult me out of hiding...I am going to listen to it many times. If only someone would have shared this with me as a child! THANK YOU sir from the bottom of my heart! ❤❤❤

[@abcdeeeeff]

And what the creative art you have can u share

[@favoriteone8636]

Thank u for asking...right now I am just in the experimental stage but even that is entertaining!

[@paulhandley3246]

'Stumbling towards the kingdom of God'. Peterson is an absolute, unadulterated joy.

[@jcgm90]

This is absolutely beautiful. I want to be like him when I grow up... wait, I'm already growing up... oh well, time to buckle up, sort myself out and get my act together

[@seremetvlad]

jcgm90 did you clean your room, bucko?

[@dba1pro29]

Nice. Right there with you

[@gingfreecss3808]

Here with ya! Have a great day! God Bless! Stay strong, stay safe and take care of yourselves! Wishing everyone the best! Jesus loves you! May the Holy Spirit guide you! 😇 💗🕊

[@Wellwtfallthenamesaretooken]

@@seremetvlad no daddy. I didn’t clean my room. Come spank me.

[@Kanelkakan]

I've had years and years of college-level art education and you rarely hear ANYTHING this inspiring and clear-cut coming out of academia. I have not felt so alive and also affected on a deeper level by anything in quite some time. This video was a true vivifier, energizer, revitalizer.

[@gingfreecss3808]

Indeed it was Have a great day! God Bless! Stay strong, stay safe and take care of yourselves! Wishing everyone the best! Jesus loves you! May the Holy Spirit guide you! 😇 💗🕊

[@ajf9408]

A good public speaker looks the audience in the eye during a presentation. But this guy, the master, looks at his shoes most of the time. I think it's because hardly anything is rehearsed and he is just pulling it out and creating it at that very moment. It's awesome to observe.

[@ericdecker2914]

Austin Fieldsted That's just the perspective, he's looking right at the front rows.

[@MrDrewbies]

Hey Kanye

[@olliesvk]

I literally came here because of his tweet

[@BenCadetThePastafarian]

Sauce???

[@r.t.1710]

check this: Definitons of art / film art assignment kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKXTkomin6ybd8U

[@akallstar5]

I've never been captivated by any EVER. Never TRULY captivated. Many people in recent times have been impressively smart and enlightening: David Chalmers, Sam Harris, Chris Hitchens, Dan Dennett etc... But have captured the human spirit and condition, been able to analyze it and attack it from ALL angles, and then articulate it so beautifully, genuinely, and clearly... on the fly. I love this man. I'm captivated.

[@donedumi-leslie5304]

Are you saying that the people you listed have captivated you or not? Also, could you recommend some more people who have been able to do this? I've recently moved and nobody in my immediate surrounding really fits the bill.

[@Xiorx71]

Poor *Christopher* is rolling in his grave. 🤣😢

[@abdulmalikjahar-al-buhairi9754]

Alex Kane Those are the people you think of when you try to list smart personalities?

[@goldminer754]

My way of feeling and being myself is far better captured by Sam Harrises statement about the mind and I always have this bad taste in my mouth when Jordan starts telling that I kind of believe in god just for interacting in some way with the transcendence

[@superevan07]

"...life is too tragic and dismal in the absence of the sublime." I love that.

[@victoriabutanu5400]

it's amazing to see when he's searching for words in this one, unlike when he discusses more concrete matters, here one can feel how overwhelmed with pure awe he is, his soul is vibrating in the higher octave and it's like he understands that words cannot even come close to expressing his deep humility in the face of great art, like he would rather disolve into a hymn or dance or something

[@amyleemurr]

I've been having a very silent, deep, heart shattering, life depriving struggle. I just don't talk about it. I dont know how too. This man seems to have plugged into my head and all I can do while watching this, is cry. The depth, the truth, and my silent struggle...my soul cries. No one can understand. I cant even explain it. Thanks for posting this. -A dying artist.

[@guineverewilde9847]

Awaken artist.

[@srs3572]

Amy, I’m here now and I hope you are too. ❤

[@petroniaskho]

"Just buy a piece of art!" I love this man.

[@ExcellaRE5fan]

Hearing the Good Doctor say "fuck" gave me life.

[@BarbVice13]

@Voice of Reason because it fit at that moment in that context and had even more impact because he rarely curses at all, and certainly not gratuitously.

[@CaseyCJL]

I can now justify my whimsical purchases of pokemon cards. I am finite and limited but my pokemon collection is a window into the transcendent.

[@tropuni7088]

and you can think that way about everything pertaining to beauty. just dont let it burden your healthy functioning

[@apteryx01]

Justifying ≠ rationalizing

[@beauxtalks]

jajaja

[@AJ-mo6mw]

The pokemon universe is actually pretty amazing in terms of imagination and creativity, not even kidding

[@homoliber9546]

Anime is trash

[@megamaux777]

as an artist, thank god someone actually says something correct and important and nice. art is so attached to the left right now that we are being thrown out with the swamp water.... its a shame. i just thank god someone can see and show the more important truth behind what we go through. thanks jorden. your the man brother.

[@sarahmcardle6584]

It’s really hard to make something beautiful, and it’s really worth while. And what’s really cool, is if you learn to make something beautiful, even one thing, if you could just make one thing beautiful in your life, then you’ve established a relationship with beauty, and then you can start to expand that beauty out in to the world, in to other elements of your life and that is so worthwhile…. it’s crazily worth while. And that’s an invitation to the divine,… you have to be daring to do that. ❤ I had to write those words out. Beautiful words

[@emilydrew6030]

This is so amazing! As a musician and creative, I resonate the strongly with the "dying" when I'm not creating. This really helped me to know my own value and worth as an artist!

[@ConsciousRobot]

The passion, emotion, and excitement in his voice talking about art is heartwarming to me.

[@VagueLuminary]

This is the best timeline.

[@absw6129]

I'm very introverted, high in concienciousness, high in openness. I find I do well when I get to do creative writing while isolating myself from people. There is something to these big five traits for sure.

[@NASkeywest]

Negativity, positivity, and creativity can all spread like a virus. You can lose everything home, job, family, but you still have your mind and creativity. You always have something of value you carry around.

[@paddyinthepantry1445]

"Life is too dismal and tragic in the absence of the, sublime."

[@amphitriti]

This man has such breadth of knowledge it's unbelievable... And he makes things sound so clear and straightforward that you find them obvious once heard even when they're very complicated edit: also parts of his lectures are effectively art performances because he demonstrates complex concepts and puts his soul into it

[@slaphappybullet]

It's beautiful how well he understands people. He truly sees them. Each individual. Sometimes I can hear it in his voice, his soul exclaiming "How can you not appreciate all that we are?"

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

Art energizes us It inspires us Brings us closer to other people

[@moniqart-artastherapy1929]

I am An Art Therapist , I have a dual role of painting and making people paint to heal themselves. Art is my lifeline ..... now as I am a researcher also , I found that Art stimulates the frontal lobe of our brains , memory and cognition centres........and lots more .......we cannot teach children without an image , ART IS IMPORTANT, thanks for this beautiful talk .❤❤❤🙏

[@hayesism]

I'm still waiting to watch a video of Jordan Peterson where he doesn't completely obliterate my mind.

[@youssefa.2251]

Would that really be worth it? ;)

[@injhs]

What's obliteratE

[@Dropthebeatonit]

@Chris Hayes hahahaha ditto!

[@Eltonm28]

I have not come across ANYONE who speaks with THIS much passion! A man Driven by the Love for Truth and Knowledge. Listening to him puts a smile on my face and brings a tear to my eye. He enriches lives and speaks truth. He is careful and intricate with his words. I thank God he has a stage 🙏🏼

[@SOIBand]

I love this man. Never have I heard a better reasoning why art is so ultimatively important.

[@faasramaekers]

The video starting with: "Why?" Might be the most accurate Jordan Peterson lecture start ever.

[@Gunrun808]

He would make a good star trek captain

[@michealflaithbheartaigh4139]

This is the best comment on here :D

[@LaurenHanaChai]

Peterson needs to do a whole art/artist series of talks in depth!!

[@emrehanschi4836]

Art is the most valuable form of self expression. Not only because you are able to express your thoughts and feelings in the purest form, no matter what these are, but also because you impact a lot of people with it. And it doesn’t matter how you impact them, alone the fact that you inspire them to critical thinking, makes it valuable.

[@bridgethenderson6849]

Because art is beauty. And beauty is love. And love is the meaning of life.

[@warriorforchristscarlet3623]

I've been a self taught artist since I was little, I'm still going at it in life, won't stop either.. art is God given to me.. and I can have that opportunity to bring some joy to others through my work. ❤❤

[@sharonomach]

I am about to start learning photography as an art ,I am so scared. I want to make it as an escape not necessarily for any monetary gain tho photography equipment drains my savings

[@tejinderkaur3475]

I've started to draw and paint watercolor at 68 and it's filling my life with inexplicable joy and completeness.

[@warriorforchristscarlet3623]

@@tejinderkaur3475 I'm glad to hear that

[@warriorforchristscarlet3623]

@@sharonomach well, start out small, find a camera you can afford at the moment. Use it, practice, enjoy the process and continue building it up, and maybe, Lord willing, you can expand your passion more so, maybe even bring joy to others with the paths you take. And are given. Don't be afraid to step out and move forward, gotta take that first step

[@FlorentBraquart]

I am an artist, thank you for these words. I understand myself more, and this helps the world to understand me as well.

[@Darthbelal]

I'm Conservative/Libertarian and I LIKE art, thank you very much.

[@maryalexandriamailler2255]

Thank you for this, Dr. Peterson.. Thank you...

[@shaynegreen]

This is beautiful. Music to my ears. Thank you for posting

[@PeterMuskMusic]

that talk is so important to me..

[@gabyguala]

It´s just so incredible powerful and motivating to listen to this man...and yes, life without art, in any form would be impossible to live through...

[@HeriJoensen]

Mr. Peterson nailed it!

[@lukeakerboom6298]

That is so powerful what he said at 8:20. I had a moment at my University where I completely broke in shock with the beauty and magnificence of the campus. I go the recreational center to train etc. seeing the beauty of the gym, architecture, the pools, the treas, the fields, the track...even the stinking locker rooms. The roofs are HUGE and let out sunlight. There are so many birds because of how many trees are there. I broke down because I understood the meaning of what I was feeling. I also had a nihilistic experience before this in my life. What he said about the beauty beckoning you towards "greatness", sort of like an ideal...i felt almost absolute guilt for how much opportunity I missed at this magnificent campus. Now, on my way to the NAVY, it felt and the beauty consumed me with an over abundance of joy to be putting to use what someone has invested billions of dollars to create for someone just to use.

[@williama.hovestreydt6623]

Marvelous talk!! Love it! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@mjhard2]

Thanks Kayne!

[@dianadota4512]

the most beautiful speech from this man. he explains something that is so hard to talk about. the domain of the transcendent

[@cyriltemerev71]

We need more people like him!

[@echostarsinc]

So true; there was recently an amazing sculpture show at HillView Sutton Forest (NSW, Australia) and I found myself going everyday that I could spare and taking friends. A reminder as to how much power art has and why we need it so much in our lives.

[@sv9818]

Amazing, this man is a true intellectual giant!

[@cgandrieu9385]

I just discovered this and find so many echoes to my work, especially my book Bridge to Wonder. Very good work by professor Peterson, congratulations. Cecilia Gonzalez-Andrieu

[@medscootsman8429]

Dankest timeline

[@Ba55gui]

I have consistently re watched this video from time to time over the last two years. Something in it speaks to me on a very deep level and I find the topic incredibly insightful. This has to be my favorite segment of Dr Peterson, and I have watched countless hours of his talks

[@b-maven9247]

Never seen anyone speak with so much conviction about Art. Let's agree we much needed this, because even Artists don't speak about the preservation of their own creations like this. It is the value that others give to their art their that leads to its preservation.

[@GrubKiller436]

I watched half of this and I couldn't really absorb what Jordan Peterson was saying. I was focused on my developing understanding of what art is, via having been influenced by Jordan Peterson throughout the months. And I think he most influenced me this way when he was on Joe Rogan's show/podcast and he was explaining the significant of music. He went on to explain how you're right in the middle of the sounds of the orchestra, and it's so profound... Peterson says something along the lines of, "that's the proper mode of being." It's meaningful because music and other forms of art speak to our spirits; it's expression. So knowing Peterson as I do, from having watched so many of his lectures, I can see how he finds meaning to be at the heart of many things; Art, obviously included. I used to see art as arbitrary, because from an objective/physical/alien perspective (however you want to word it), you're using a material (let's say paint) and spraying it on a canvas and then saying that's brilliant/significant. If aliens saw us doing that, they'd think: "What the hell? That makes no sense." It makes no sense on an objective/scientific level, but it speaks volumes to us on a humanistic level, because we need meaning to exist. Because of that, it speaks to us deeply. As a quote from the actor Robin Williams, "We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for."

[@HeWhoHath]

JBP: Master of the pregnant pause.

[@The_Ballo]

Charlie Rose will always be king of the pregnant pause.

[@machochocolate7679]

What is that?

[@carpenterhillstudios8327]

Thank you! I live in this space as someone who can do no other.

[@rjn8001]

Peterson's lectures are art.

[@tomkelly8827]

As a Canadian I am so very proud of our savageness. Our wild lands. Our yet untamed wilderness. The beauty that exists here is beyond your wildest imaginings. Breathtaking. Many of us work tirelessly to help others enjoy this wild clean beauty. Fresh air, fresh water. Many work tirelessly to destroy it too. From the lakes and rivers dotting the east to the golden windswept prairie lands to the magnificent western mountains to the truly wild northern conifer forests and vast mossy tundra. Old growth forests, moose, caribou, polar bears, and on and on. Our beauty can also be found in art galleries. But I really suggest to you that the beauty in this country will never fit inside the Louvre or any other gallery. To experience the beauty of this place you need to brave our savage land. Surely you will be glad if you do.

[@truthuniversity6433]

Epic Speech

[@caveatemp]

It is a great gift from God merely to appreciate good art and music. I got to 50 years old before I really discovered Mozart. Good Lord! My life has been enriched. The great joy his music has given me, the passion, the tears, the laughter- this is priceless! I am lucky to live near a beautiful Catholic basilica. It's a joy to simply sit there, let alone participating in a mass. But Mozart- think of it- he lived over two hundred years ago and no one has surpassed what he accomplished in his relatively short life.

[@rheaofsunshine918]

Thank you Peterson. You're mind is brilliant to put it lightly 🎨❤️

[@ioanvlad4008]

"Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against man's fate." (Andre Malraux)

[@mayhemhouse8711]

Hi Kanye, you have a good taste in videos.

[@lessevdoolbretsim]

I love that man more every time I listen to him speak. What an inspired human being.

[@MissAdamLambert888]

He's SO passionate it moves your soul!

[@OKay-lu8jq]

Wow. Now i want to clean up my room! Thank you, Jordan Peterson!!

[@dangoorevitch7114]

The effects are astounding. Your thinking will become much clearer. Then buy a work of art that organizes space the same way you've chosen to order your space. Then you may find after a while you change that. Then on and up.

[@jammmmmppa]

Thank you Kanye!

[@nicole-secondaryemail-mort9617]

Phenomenal. I'm going to re-listen to the few classical pieces that speak to me, and see if I can grow my connection to them.

[@reversionist]

Yeezy taught me

[@CrazycruxGaming]

I'm definitely like that. If I don't write down my thoughts and constantly expose myself to new ideas, I really do die.

[@eleanorhorgan8091]

Thank you Dr. Peterson.

[@openureyes929]

Now that was a valuable Speech !!

[@laurenfraser7352]

So beautiful

[@knownkilotx7439]

Thank u Kanye for bringing me here. Just wow

[@1gadena]

KnownKiloTx Had you not heard of Jordan Peterson before? He's great :D

[@petef.4688]

These comments make me so happy

[@kenross1119]

You sir are a treasure too few see.... Thank you for making me think out of the box. My life is only to remember that all things are ART...

[@bluemansham1]

I've been a Professional Artist since 1986 & feel Deeply with all he utters! Beauty in the Deepest sense! 😊🙏🎨

[@clayc1287]

KANYE IS CLEANING HIS ROOM

[@sassamadootwo]

Clay C 😂😂😂

[@OldNewMama]

Hey Kanye!! 🦄💕

[@leetraralgon8645]

Beautiful once again. His final sentence is worth pondering. So true, so true...

[@astalander6061]

I am an artist. And I love our local Cathedral. I loved listening to this. And his enthusiasm. So grateful for this.

[@metoonunyabidness1391]

Read, think and communicate Grammar, logic, rhetoric

[@TheMrFuzio]

R.I.P. the sip of water at 6:55 . It never came to life and completely missed arts and its beauty :(

[@Zdrowy9966]

he is just on lsd or mdma there... This voice... Emotions... How he shakes and moves as he is reexploring his own insight in front of the audience... Beautifull... I am 99% sure he is microdosing lsd or psylocybin during this lecture.

[@YouHaxerr]

Yeah... or he has persevered in his work with blood, sweat & tears and its reflected in his stream of thoughts. What a stupid way to justify his work ethic, seriously what an ignorant comment.

[@citizeny3795]

Fuck drugs and fuck retarded people who think you cant be emotional and transcedent without them. What a moron

[@thebibafrequency1]

Feeling eternally inspired because of his words right now

[@thiagoccmorais]

There is no other word besides "perfect" to say how he just translated all those feelings that an artist could feel

[@colangelog09]

The thought revolution is ON

[@caseywest9668]

Jordan peterson will save America

[@ddriveddrive4986]

casey west he will save the west

[@greybeard804]

No, nothing can do that, except the people themselves.

[@jenny-ro6gm]

except he is canadian

[@michealflaithbheartaigh4139]

Are you seriously trying to compare Trump to Peterson ?

[@DarrenSemotiuk]

Jordan Peterson will save THE WEST (with the help of exposure via Kanye West!)