John Cleese - a lecture on Creativity

Excerpt from the full lecture from John Cleese on how to inspire creativity within yourselves.
"And there, ladies and gentlemen, are the 5 factors that you can arrange to make your lives more creative.
Space. Time. Time. Confidence and more Jeffrey Archer."

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[novelhaven]

Seems like video has been taken down at Vimeo. :(

I've trimmed the video to take the key takeaway from the original video, but if you want to listen to the whole lecture, I've updated the link in this video description.

[Symmetriq]

Completely awesome. I already know I'll be listening to this one again and again in the future.

[Riaz Docrat]

You're all pricks

[ihave7sacks]

Why have 52 people sub'd to this channel that has only this one video?

[Nunya Binnus]

So the audience was expecting a serious lab class dissertation on to be creative, and this audience truly needed this type of dissertation, hence his quotes of the author about Play, (surly fictitious) - in a way this speech + the audience (if real - really funny) is funny and surprising, not to mention educational. There is a segment of our population, that may be crippled, and dangerous if they like power money and government.

[LarnieRadek]

The part on humour/solemnity is spot on!

[Robert Koen]

Arthur Lessac spoke of PLAY or PLAYFULNESS as one of the most important energies in human existence, as all the insightful minds and prophets of this cycle stated that one should be "like a child" to truly grasp and manage this phase of our journey. I love this talk, and yes, the audience could've loosened their ties a little....jeez!

[Neil Friedman]

So Very Winnicottian

[Jenny Nilsson]

what a boring audience. how could they not laugh at his clever comments, like about the waist? haha great lord.

[szettner]

I thought he was pretty clear that people who couldn't laugh at everything were pretentious snobs.

I just happen not to agree with that viewpoint. I think there are some things so horrific that to laugh at them is an insult to those who suffered through them. It's not snobby to not make light of people's intense suffering; on the contrary, it's snobby to think that one's entertainment or coping mechanisms are more important than the feelings of people who have endured inhumanity at its worst.

[antrage]

His reference to humor was more in terms of the conditions in which creative problems are being realized than on the subject itself. If your in an overly solemn environment you will find it hard to discover creative solutions. An example like Rwanda however fits into what he was saying about making quick decisions. In this example you need to rely on past experience to make proper fast choices.

I ditto you on the walking to think thou, its actually has a name, google Thought Walking

[szettner]

He's kind of right, but there is more ways to free the mind of day to day garbage than just just isolating oneself in a back room. The bottom line is to de-stress and focus. My best creative ideas come when I talk long walks, showers, baths, or even brainstorm with friends.

As for the time element, I consider it like molding a sculpture.

I also disagree that humor's always appropriate. When the monsters in Rwanda made parents chop their kids limbs off, there was nothing humorous about it.