Jimmy Carter Creativity Conversation

President Jimmy Carter and Rosemary Magee (Emory Vice President and Secretary) talk about the former president's amazing creative output over the years, from writing and painting to woodworking. (Recorded November 10, 2009, in Emerson Concert Hall.)

2:10 - Seeing himself as a writer/artist
4:30 - Early influences
6:45 - Favorite writer/book
7:55 - Writing poetry
12:45 - Writing books/fiction
16:45 - Blocked creativity?
18:00 - Learning to paint
19:50 - Creative productivity
23:30 - Creativity and optimism
26:00 - Spirituality and faith
28:35 - Travels and woodworking
34:50 - Primary goal of public life
36:35 - Teaching creativity
37:45 - Virtues of aging
40:20 - Advice to students (Peace Corps!)
43:10 - Habitat for Humanity
48:30 - Poetry reading (3 poems)


For more information on Emory's Creativity Conversations, see http://creativity.emory.edu/creativity-conversations-header.shtml

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Education

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• Emory
• University.
• College.
• Lillian Carter
• Rosalyn Carter