is Travis intentionally removing and putting back on his jacket to draw attention to his shredded muscles because if so it's working and I appreciate it
I would also say that practicing with different restrictions makes you more creative. if you ask an artist to draw a tree, it might be kid of generic. If you ask them to do it using only triangles in 5 min, they'll have to get creative
Yes that's true, it's because we go into problem solving mode, it's the same thing that happens if I put you on an island with a string and a stick and told you to survive, you'd find a lot of ways to use that string and stick. It's probably the most effective way of inducing creativity I've ever come across. But it also becomes troublesome if you make a cool thing out of triangles and start thinking that you can only do things with triangles so you spend the rest of your life painting triangles. Sort of like what happened to Einstein when he had serious troubles accepting the expanding universe theory.
This video is full of surprises. That ending quote has got to be one of my absolute favourites I have ever heard. I cam here to learn about how to be more creative, but instead I learn about how modern physics came to be. Keep up this amazing work
I can definitely confirm the sleeping to solve problems. I’m writing a kids novel, and if I get stuck, I find sleeping on it really helps. I usually wake up with new ideas. Also, taking a shower. That helps too. Also, I find it hard to write when anxious or depressed.
I’ve never once thought in my entire life that calling a brain plastic could be considered a compliment. Now I have been bestowed that knowledge, thank you, Travis, for bringing it to us. But seriously, I always found the concept of people writing their works while only in a poor mental state very intriguing, songs, books, poems, etc. I always believed that they were creative because of that sadness, not the truth, which was they did it in spite of it. So now you have the knowledge that being happy is the best way to become creative, but you also have this knowledge that some of the most creative minds in history, the ones that inspire you, were themselves on the same state you were in, and their work, again, that inspire you, suffered as a result, which on one hand, makes you wanna do better, but on another makes you think if they couldn’t do it in a good mental state, how could you? I’m probably looking too much into this, but this gem of a channel ain’t called Curious Tangents for no reason. Speaking of your channel, thank you for making these incredible videos, seriously, I’ve watched them all atleast 3 times over and they’re just as good as the first time, I’m hoping this channel eventually becomes the truly massive thing it deserves to be, and I’m really looking forward to seeing you work more with other creators like good ol’ John Green, best of luck to your channel man, and remember that they give you the recognition because you deserve it, and you’re getting the appreciation you deserve, best of luck man.
Curious Tangents And we all appreciate you man, the incredibly kind and genuine community you’ve fostered is something to be proud of, know that man, and never stop doing what you love.
Good video! And I can't believe that your camera's no longer flipped I suspect that part of the tortured artist myth comes from what people appreciate in media consumption -- those who have been (and not are) in tough times may have a greater range of experience to pull on for a more engrossing story or more intense art piece. But nonetheless - obviously, not a great myth to be had - one need not be sad to produce good things and as your research shows, happy people are more creative.
I laughed when you started talking about Selective Attention, because I never noticed the Rubix cube changing, but I definitely noticed the books changing, which is completely on brand for me.
Really liked the end quote, that was good. I think maybe my own experience has been clouding my perspective on this channel, having been a bit of a science zealot in the past I like to do the opposite now and challenge conventional materialist views. I see a lot of how I used to think in these videos so I've felt I need to challenge some of what you say. Not going to say I totally agree with you here either as I don't think the idea of things having "souls" is that out there, I'm actually sure they do. But you're of course free to write me off as a crazy person lol. Just wanted to let you know that I'm not really trying to give you a hard time or anything, assuming you read these comments, was just hoping it could help challenge you because it seems to me like you think humans a limited by their brain and biology like I did, and I can assure you we're not. I don't expect you to listen to this crazy talk now, but I think you'll know what I mean some day. Anyway, really good videos, I actually like them a lot even if I find something to pick on every time, so keep it up.
@@TravisGilbert lol my memory is trash at 2am. But yeah I think you're right. Since they were talking about creators of color I think my brain made the fake memory of associating you with being called out in the video. I don't usually follow commenters plugging themselves, but I guess my curiosity for the better of myself that time. Glad it worked out regardless
I had the sleeping-dreaming-solving problem when I was writing my undergratuate thesis: I once got stuck, and at night I dreamt of writing stuff at the library. Next day, it all came "naturally". It was weird.
Nice video, but when you talked about the rubix cube, I payed more attention to it than usual, and many other probably did too, at the end of the video, it would have been a nice touch to call attention to this.
So, I was completely distracted from the video because the darned Rubik Cube kept changing. I was wondering whether this was a continuity error, or if Travis was doing it on purpose ... at that very moment, Travis reached around, picked it up and answered me. WOW! What a trip!...
I would guess that the "tortured artist" trope rather stems from society than from the artists. If you are suffering from a mental illness it's hard or impossible to keep a job. On good days you do what you can and on bad days you just suffer. No boss is gonna accept that and no normal business can function that way. So you become an artist if you can afford it or you end up poor and "crazy". And no "crazy" poor person has ever made it into our history books.
