Name: Where does creativity hide?
Uploaded: 2008-04-22T04:38:00Z
Duration: 22 min 32 s
Description: Novelist Amy Tan digs deep into the creative process, looking for hints of how hers evolved.

Novelist Amy Tan digs deep into the creative process, looking for hints of how hers evolved.

Where does creativity hide?

Creativity often begins with questions, uncertainty, and even childhood hardships, not with clear answers or perfect skills. By weaving together stories of loss, chance encounters, and moral ambiguity, the speaker reveals how meaningful connections and insights emerge from life's randomness. A chance trip to a remote Chinese village, or an uncanny coincidence in research, can transform the direction of a story. Searching for meaning in disorder, and accepting the mysterious, fuels imagination and compassion.

Creativity Thrives On Uncertainty, Serendipity, And Embracing Ambiguity

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