Diving into the dance choreogrpaher Tywla Tharp and her great ideas and thoughts on the creative process.

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"A creative life has the nourishing power we normally associate with food, love, and faith." - Twyla Tharpe

Sources

The Creative Habit - Twyla Tharp

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2:55 - Preparing to do the work

"In order to be creative you have to know how to prepare to be creative."

8:32 - What's in it for you?

9:45 - Solitude as an indicator

"Solitude is an unavoidable part of creativity. Self-reliance is a happy by-product."

11:30 - Finding your "Creative DNA."

14:02 - The power of imitaiton and emulation

16:05 - A short practice from Austin Kleon

16:35 - The process of finding good ideas

21:30 - Some practices for idea generation

25:25 - Submerge yourself with the masters

28:25 - Banish obligation

30:05 - Create your own "box."

33:30 - Creativity is a skill

39:00 - Ruts and grooves

46:40 - A way to keep momentum and grooves alive

48:10 - Get an A in failure

51:05 - Common themes of failure

53:15 - 128 ballets to get to mastery 

54:35 - Build a bubble 

"When I look back on my best work, it was inevitably created in what I call the Bubble. I eliminated every distraction, sacrificed almost everything that gave me pleasure, placed myself in a single-minded isolation chamber, and structured my life so that everything was not only feeding the work but subordinated to it. It is not a particularly sociable way to operate. It's actively antisocial. On the other hand, it is procreative."

1:01:00 - The power of a creative life

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