Archives for August, 2013
Shy or Introverted or Highly Sensitive in the Arts – Part 3
[Continued from Part 1 and Part 2.]
Emma Watson on being introverted:
"People say things to me like, 'It’s really cool that you don’t go out and get drunk all the time and go to clubs,' and I’m just appreciate that, but I’m kind of an introverted kind of person just by nature, it’s not like a conscious choice that I’m making necessarily....
Emma Watson on being introverted:
"People say things to me like, 'It’s really cool that you don’t go out and get drunk all the time and go to clubs,' and I’m just appreciate that, but I’m kind of an introverted kind of person just by nature, it’s not like a conscious choice that I’m making necessarily....
Shy or Introverted or Highly Sensitive in the Arts – Part 2
[Continued from Part 1.]
“I remember when I met director Ang Lee and we were left alone. I was so shy and he was so shy neither of us said anything to each other for about 20 minutes.”
Actor Sigourney Weaver - From post: Director Ang Lee: The Artist, The Introvert.
One of the things I find really fascinating about a number of dynamic actors who...
“I remember when I met director Ang Lee and we were left alone. I was so shy and he was so shy neither of us said anything to each other for about 20 minutes.”
Actor Sigourney Weaver - From post: Director Ang Lee: The Artist, The Introvert.
One of the things I find really fascinating about a number of dynamic actors who...
Shy or Introverted or Highly Sensitive in the Arts
Many actors, writers and other creative people are considered shy or introverted, or identify themselves as one or both. These are not the same thing, of course, although many people may talk about others, or themselves, as "shy" when they are perhaps introverted. More...
Maybe You Should Just Ignore Everyone
Creating may be at times a collaboration, and it can be helpful to get input from others about your work, but a number of artists also say they create primarily to please themselves, to realize their own unique creative inspirations.
Also, criticism from others can be destructive and self-limiting, eroding our creative assurance and vitality, especially if it is based on excessive perfectionism or values that you, the creator, may not hold.
Creativity coach...
Also, criticism from others can be destructive and self-limiting, eroding our creative assurance and vitality, especially if it is based on excessive perfectionism or values that you, the creator, may not hold.
Creativity coach...
Asperger’s and Creativity Part 3
[Continued from Asperger's and Creativity Part 2]
Quirks and creativity
Scott Barry Kaufman, a cognitive psychologist at NYU interested in intelligence and creativity development, commented in a post of his:
"I think a lot of things that we call 'quirks', or maybe even some things we call 'disabilities', can turn out to be some of the determinants of high levels of creativity that we never could plan ahead of time."
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Quirks and creativity
Scott Barry Kaufman, a cognitive psychologist at NYU interested in intelligence and creativity development, commented in a post of his:
"I think a lot of things that we call 'quirks', or maybe even some things we call 'disabilities', can turn out to be some of the determinants of high levels of creativity that we never could plan ahead of time."
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Asperger’s and Creativity Part 2
[Continued from Asperger's and Creativity Part 1]
A number of movies and TV shows have characters who show characteristics associated with autism - with varying degrees of accuracy, according to critics - including “Touch," “Parenthood," physicist Sheldon Cooper on "The Big Bang Theory" and forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan on "Bones."
The photo is actor Thomas Horn in the powerful movie "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" as Oskar, a "nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist who...
A number of movies and TV shows have characters who show characteristics associated with autism - with varying degrees of accuracy, according to critics - including “Touch," “Parenthood," physicist Sheldon Cooper on "The Big Bang Theory" and forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan on "Bones."
The photo is actor Thomas Horn in the powerful movie "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" as Oskar, a "nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist who...
Asperger’s and Creativity
Can Asperger's Syndrome or related conditions include neurological differences and qualities that enhance creativity?
A page on the Asperger's Association of New England site - What is Asperger Syndrome? - declares "There is strong evidence that such superstars as Vincent Van Gogh, Emily Dickinson, Albert Einstein, code-breaker Alan Turing, and musician Glen Gould, among many others, all had Asperger Syndrome. Today, too, there are adults with AS who are successful as professors, lawyers, physicians,...
A page on the Asperger's Association of New England site - What is Asperger Syndrome? - declares "There is strong evidence that such superstars as Vincent Van Gogh, Emily Dickinson, Albert Einstein, code-breaker Alan Turing, and musician Glen Gould, among many others, all had Asperger Syndrome. Today, too, there are adults with AS who are successful as professors, lawyers, physicians,...
