Saving Your Creative Soul

Posted on May 15, 2013May 16, 2013 in Creative Thinkingby Scott Berkun

I spoke at TEDXDepaul last month, on the invitation of Daniel Gurevich. He gave me free reign to decide what to talk about, a liberty I enjoy, so if you like this talk you can thank him too.

At the event I met Alexis Finch, who was sketchnoting the event at the same time I liveblogged my notes. We made an impromptu press row right up front. Here is her sketchnote of my talk.

14 Responses to “Saving Your Creative Soul”

Phil Simon May 15, 2013 at 12:19 pm. Permalink.

Great talk, Scott. Inspirational stuff. I bough the Picasso movie just now.
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1. Scott May 16, 2013 at 11:59 am. Permalink.
  
  The Picasso movie is not for everyone, as I tried to express. But it does give a sense of what it’s like to actually be a painter, mistakes and unknowns and all.
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Jen May 15, 2013 at 8:27 pm. Permalink.

YES! Your talk left me with knots in stomach. It also reminded me of a poem I read recently by Rumi – “Unfold Your Own Myth”. Rumi writes “don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth, without complicated explanation”. To me, this is as much about being true-to-self as it is about honoring – saying yes to – our own ideas and work.
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Claudia Snell June 3, 2013 at 11:02 am. Permalink.

I really love this!

Thank you for being amazing. Thanks to Daniel Gurevich for providing the opportunity for you to do this.
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Pete Colligan June 3, 2013 at 1:01 pm. Permalink.

I am glad I took a break to consume your content. :) Great talk. Thanks for taking the time to do that.
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Smaranda June 4, 2013 at 1:50 pm. Permalink.

Awesome break after “Now I wanna talk about your soul!”. Priceless :)) Very good talk. Looked effortless.
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1. Parameswaran Pengad June 6, 2013 at 2:34 am. Permalink.
  
  I am feeling happy to learn from your .good self Please accept my congradulations!
  You are blessed author and will be in our mind always.!
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tomsteg June 7, 2013 at 10:10 am. Permalink.

Here a link to ‘mystery of picasso’ on youtube, at least the first 25 allowed minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDXHczQqTe0
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1. Scott June 7, 2013 at 10:17 am. Permalink.
  
  Thanks Tom.
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Steven McNicoll June 8, 2013 at 12:45 pm. Permalink.

Excellent talk Scott.
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Chris June 9, 2013 at 3:06 pm. Permalink.

Thanks Scott … absolutely brilliant and on the money! So many people — including me for many years — wait for the right inspiration to come to them to get through the “block”, and it’s work … boring, consistent, daily work … that eventually smashes the block.
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Warren Croce June 13, 2013 at 5:56 am. Permalink.

Thanks Scott (and Daniel). The part about “doing the work” reminded me of the Ronnie Coleman quote: “Everybody wanna be a bodybuilder but nobody wanna lift heavy ass weights”. Ya gotta do the work, plain and simple.
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Mark Palmer June 13, 2013 at 8:40 am. Permalink.

Your presentation resonated extremely well with me. I should have listened to my inner voice a lot more over the past 12 years. The good news is that I still have many years ahead (hopefully) – I really appreciate the kick in the soul – I needed that.

Cheers,

Mark
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