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Amy Tan: Where does creativity hide?

http://www.ted.com Novelist Amy Tan digs deep into the creative process, journeying through her childhood and family history and into the worlds of physics and chance, looking for hints of where h...  
 
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darlingzooloo (52 minutes ago) Show Hide
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I believe it is different for every person. While you find religion stifles your creativity, I personally find no conflict between my personal relationship with God, and my ever wonderful dance with creativity. I believe if anyone is stifling creativity, religion wise, it is only people who are hiding behind the various names of their faith, because they feel it gives them power, and telling other people what they SHOULD be doing, in order to PROPERLY worship whatever deity.
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yes i am
JohnColt (13 hours ago) Show Hide
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gosh, that's very observant of you. Aren't you clever?
Chavalierdeon (6 days ago) Show Hide
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she has a very oily face
jystyle (6 days ago) Show Hide
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basically creativity comes from love, her dog is nothing but a loving creature.

Even depression is a matter of lost love, gaining or losing love, i guess creativity is hand in hand with love.
jystyle (6 days ago) Show Hide
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nice poem
MrCaine (1 week ago) Show Hide
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lol wut
Fraterculae (1 week ago) Show Hide
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these coincidences happen all the time with me .. its a filter i think.
boston1977boston (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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pretentious...snore.
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In the study with Professor Plumb.

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