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A TEDx talk on understanding fear and courage as natural building blocks of the creative process

This talk explores design as a process of integrating error and fiasco and how welcoming difficulties and obstacles is the fertile ground essential for the emergence of creative success. « Creativity, intuition for a joyful encounter” is a transmission of creativity as a natural and joyful movement of opening to the unfamiliar and unknown, and recognizing everything is a seed provided it is sprinkled with attention.

TEDxESTACA

A TEDx talk on understanding fear and courage as natural building blocks of the creative process

“Creativity is the gushing of unfamiliar richness. It’s a guarantee of originality – the idea is creative because I didn’t know it beforehand. This unfamiliar relationship has a magnificent advantage: we don’t need to take ownership of the creative idea as if it is a part of us. Granting independence to our creation allows not to suffer personally from its shortcomings. We realize that problems or blocks don’t make me a bad creator. It’s not a sign of past mistakes but a reminder that the project is still alive, that I must continue to give it my attention.”

Watch the TEDx talk (French)

“Creativity is the gushing of unfamiliar richness. It’s a guarantee of originality, the idea is creative because I didn’t know it beforehand. This unfamiliar relationship has a magnificent advantage: one would hardly have the idea of claiming it’s paternity or maternity! Also, granting its independence to creation allows not to suffer personally from its shortcomings. A problem doesn’t make me a bad creator. It’s not a sign of any past mistakes but a reminder that the project is still alive, that I must continue to grant it my attention.”

Watch the TEDx talk (French)