Chapter
Fear of Self-Knowledge and Healing in Artistic Work
1:01:01 - 1:10:55 (09:53)
The fear of losing creative fuel by confronting personal pain through self-knowledge and healing keeps many artists, writers, stand-ups, and performers from improving their craft and addressing important issues. They continue to repeat the patterns that worked in the past, fearing that healing will end their artistic output.
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The speaker reflects on their tendency to make jokes about painful events in their life, such as a painful fall down a staircase, which reveals what they are unwilling to feel.
1:01:01 - 1:05:45 (04:43)
self-reflection
Summary
The speaker reflects on their tendency to make jokes about painful events in their life, such as a painful fall down a staircase, which reveals what they are unwilling to feel.
ChapterFear of Self-Knowledge and Healing in Artistic Work
Episode#368: Amanda Palmer on Creativity, Pain, and Art
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The belief that self-knowledge and healing will destroy an artist's creative architecture is a common misconception.
1:05:45 - 1:10:55 (05:10)
Creativity
Summary
The belief that self-knowledge and healing will destroy an artist's creative architecture is a common misconception. In fact, people are not validating the artist's pain but rather, relating to them as mammals with shared habits and experiences.