355. Where Does Creativity Come From (and Why Do Schools Kill It Off)?

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🗓️ 25 October 2018

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Family environments and “diversifying experiences” (including the early death of a parent); intrinsic versus extrinsic motivations; schools that value assessments, but don't assess the things we value. All these elements factor into the long, mysterious march towards a creative life. To learn more, we examine the early years of Ai Weiwei, Rosanne Cash, Elvis Costello, Maira Kalman, Wynton Marsalis, Jennifer Egan, and others. (Ep. 2 of the “How to Be Creative” series.)

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0:00.0	I don't understand why you're not in prison in China.
0:09.6	It sounds like obviously they did it for a little while.
0:12.8	Why did they let you choose?
0:14.4	I try to think about it.
0:16.4	And suddenly, just this moment, I realize that, sir,
0:23.1	that you're in China is not large enough to put me in.
0:27.4	What do you mean?
0:28.5	I'm just too large for my ideas penetrates the world.
0:35.1	Are your ideas big enough to penetrate walls?
0:38.5	His, apparently, are.
0:40.6	My name is Iowa.
0:42.2	I'm a 16, one year old.
0:45.0	I was born in 1957 in Beijing, China.
0:49.8	But the year I was born, my father was exiled.
0:52.9	In our previous episode, we asked the art economist David
0:55.7	Gallonson to name a true creative genius.
0:58.7	I mean, Iowa is a giant.
1:01.4	Iowa, I believe, is not only the most important painter
1:04.3	in the world.
1:05.1	He's the most important person in art.
1:07.7	Iowa has changed the world.
1:10.9	With his art, he has made a contribution
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