Solitude is an unavoidable part of creativity. Self-reliance is a happy by-product.
Interpretation
Solitude fosters creativity and self-reliance, leading to personal happiness.
Twyla Tharp's quote emphasizes that solitude is essential for the creative process. In moments of being alone, individuals can tap into their inner thoughts and ideas, ultimately leading to a greater self-reliance and a sense of happiness that stems from creating something original and meaningful.
In practice
During a workshop on creativity, one could use this quote to encourage participants to embrace their alone time for better artistic expression.
Do I watch dancers as people? Yes, absolutely. Do I watch really good dancers for specifically who they are? Absolutely, because how they move best and how they look best is going to be most familiar to them, and not necessarily to me.
I am still pushing the edge of what my body can do.
No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time.
Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft. Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you eager but floundering. Combining the two is the essence of the creative life.
I grew up in a drive-in theater, from the time I was 8, working in a snack bar watching four features every week. It was silent theater in the sense that this was a drive-in, which meant that I often saw the films going with no sound. But I learned to tell stories through action.
Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft.
A hallmark of a healthy creative culture is that its people feel free to share ideas, opinions, and criticisms. Our decision-making is better when we draw on the collective knowledge and unvarnished opinions of the group.
The things we fear most in organizations - fluctuations, disturbances,_x000D_ _x000D_ imbalances - are the primary sources of creativity.
That combination of thought and action defines creative confidence: the ability to come up with new ideas and the courage to try them out.
Failure is built into creativity... the creative act involves this element of 'newness' and 'experimentalism,' then one must expect and accept the possibility of failure.
I think it is the weak and the young and the minorities that you need to look after to get a healthy creative environment - to get a lot of choices, a lot of different styles of music, a lot experimental stuff that everyone else feeds off.
As a student, I had a hobby of inventing new ideas for products. For me, thinking of new businesses is like inventing new products.
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