Diving into the dance choreogrpaher Tywla Tharp and her great ideas and thoughts on the creative process.
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"A creative life has the nourishing power we normally associate with food, love, and faith." - Twyla Tharpe
Sources
The Creative Habit - Twyla Tharp
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2:55 - Preparing to do the work
"In order to be creative you have to know how to prepare to be creative."
8:32 - What's in it for you?
9:45 - Solitude as an indicator
"Solitude is an unavoidable part of creativity. Self-reliance is a happy by-product."
11:30 - Finding your "Creative DNA."
14:02 - The power of imitaiton and emulation
16:05 - A short practice from Austin Kleon
16:35 - The process of finding good ideas
21:30 - Some practices for idea generation
25:25 - Submerge yourself with the masters
28:25 - Banish obligation
30:05 - Create your own "box."
33:30 - Creativity is a skill
39:00 - Ruts and grooves
46:40 - A way to keep momentum and grooves alive
48:10 - Get an A in failure
51:05 - Common themes of failure
53:15 - 128 ballets to get to mastery
54:35 - Build a bubble
"When I look back on my best work, it was inevitably created in what I call the Bubble. I eliminated every distraction, sacrificed almost everything that gave me pleasure, placed myself in a single-minded isolation chamber, and structured my life so that everything was not only feeding the work but subordinated to it. It is not a particularly sociable way to operate. It's actively antisocial. On the other hand, it is procreative."
1:01:00 - The power of a creative life
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Daily Greatness: Short Stories and Essays on the Act of Becoming
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