Shekhar Kapur: We are the stories we tell ourselves

http://www.ted.com Where does creative inspiration spring from? At TEDIndia, Hollywood/Bollywood director Shekhar Kapur ("Elizabeth," "Mr. India") pinpoints his source of creativity: sheer, utter panic. He shares a powerful way to unleash your inner storyteller.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

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[1schwererziehbar1]

alright after watching the whole talk i do actually believe him that he doesn't prepare for anything.

[vraciudude]

no more star rating?!

[crudhousefull]

I don't think that panicking is the only way to access your 'inner self', 'the oneness', 'reality', 'genius' etc. It's constantly attempting 'awareness'. Yes panicking gives you some access to it, but it's detrimental to your health. Stress also allows you to access this, but that's almost as bad as panicking. Also, the latter two methods only give you sporadic access

[leconfidant]

@GrudgyDiablo Well... He's well established enough as a director to be doing a TED Talk, so either he knows something else that he's not telling you or you failed to understand what he did say. As a writer, most of what he's saying is useful to me in terms of the purpose and technique of writing. It sounds a lot like the way Brecht talked about theatre. I don't like meaningless fluff either, but this is not that. Whose opinions about story-telling DO you respect?

[guerdon6]

i think most of ideas that shekhar believes in are understood best when experienced. he can say this insights only because he must have experienced it.

[gagzy1989]

we are the universe...it's all in us

[indiastore]

veery nice



[johnnyboyfart]

@GrudgyDiablo wtf are u talking abt moron, maybe u need to get your intelligence checked out before u start blaming the outside world.

[jagadeshg]

Looks like he has done his best for such a topic kudos !

[varrrunbedi]

too much fluff,not very insightful