Elizabeth Gilbert: Success, failure and the drive to keep creating
אליזבת' גילברט: הצלחה, כישלון וההנעה להמשיך ליצור
The author of 'Eat, Pray, Love,' Elizabeth Gilbert has thought long and hard about some big topics. Her fascinations: genius, creativity and how we get in our own way when it comes to both. Full bio
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אמריקאיות שמדברות קשוח.
אהבו' שהולך בזמן האחרון?"
grateful to be that person,
had adored "Eat, Pray, Love"
"תאכלו, התפללו, אהבו"
had hated "Eat, Pray, Love"
"אכלו, התפללו, אהבו"
אם הייתי מפסיקה לכתוב,
שלמדתי מוקדם יותר בחיים
לשרוד את הכשלון של עצמה,
all through adolescence,
returning to my family's farm.
לחזור לחווה המשפחתית שלי.
than I hated failing at writing,
יותר מששנאתי להכשל בכתיבה,
have been more different.
היו יכולים להיות שונים יותר.
we experience great failure
בה אנחנו חווים כשלונות גדולים
and reassuring and regular,
באותה פתאומיות אבל לאותו מרחק
seen by the world as good,
find your way back home again
את הדרך חזרה הביתה שוב
זה יכול להיות משפחה,
are not safe places to live. Right?
לא מקומות בטוחים להיות, נכון?
way back to that home
את דרככם חזרה לבית הזה
from long personal experience
מניסון אישי ארוך
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Elizabeth Gilbert - WriterThe author of 'Eat, Pray, Love,' Elizabeth Gilbert has thought long and hard about some big topics. Her fascinations: genius, creativity and how we get in our own way when it comes to both.
Why you should listen
Elizabeth Gilbert faced down a premidlife crisis by doing what we all secretly dream of -- running off for a year. Her travels through Italy, India and Indonesia resulted in the megabestselling and deeply beloved memoir Eat, Pray, Love, about her process of finding herself by leaving home.
She's a longtime magazine writer -- covering music and politics for Spin and GQ -- as well as a novelist and short-story writer. Her books include the story collection Pilgrims, the novel Stern Men (about lobster fishermen in Maine) and a biography of the woodsman Eustace Conway, called The Last American Man. Her work has been the basis for two movies so far (Coyote Ugly, based on her own tale of working at the famously raunchy bar in New York City), and Eat, Pray, Love, with the part of Gilbert played by Julia Roberts. Not bad for a year off.
In 2010, Elizabeth published Committed, a memoir exploring her ambivalent feelings about the institution of marriage. And her 2013 novel, The Signature of All Things, is "a sprawling tale of 19th century botanical exploration."
Gilbert also owns and runs the import shop Two Buttons in Frenchtown, New Jersey.
Elizabeth Gilbert | Speaker | TED.com