What is "Doom Eager"?

Lorrie Moore, from "Better and Sicker"
"Martha Graham speaks of the Icelandic term "doom eager" to denote that ordeal of isolation, restlessness, caughtness and artistic experiences when he or she is sick with an idea. When a writer is doom eager, the writing won't be sludge on the page; it will give readers -- and the writer, of course, is the very first reader -- an experience they've never had before, or perhaps a little and at last the words for an experience they have."

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Amy Tan on creativity



Ran across a funny and delightful video of Amy Tan speaking on creativity at the 2008 TED conference. Tan speaks of how nothing can come out of something and how we create. I particularly connected to her thoughts about finding focus and seeing elements in the universe that may have been missed by us before but were always there and can lead us to create the work are mind/spirit wants us to create.
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