Existential Delight

Dylan Gous

Meaningful Conversations with Fascinating People. Join Dylan Gous as he explores Philosophy, Creativity, and the work of G.K. Chesterton.

  1. 04/09/2023

    #19 - The Currency of Creativity is Surprise - Morne Venter | Existential Delight

    🔽🔽🔽ALL TIMESTAMPS LINKS AND MEDIA MENTIONED IN INTERVIEW🔽🔽🔽 In this episode I speak to my good friend, lecturer, and artist, Morné Venter.His art can be seen on Instagram: @velvetventer This was one of those conversations that truly felt constructive - in that we both had fragments of understanding, but helped each other refine and expand our thinking - the whole thing felt electric, and I was buzzing with excitement by the end. This episode is all about CREATIVITY and ATTENTION: we talk about: - Using habit to facilitate inspiration - David Lynch - The Great Plateau that all creative endeavors undergo - The difference between choices and decisions in the creative process - Our modern lack of attention and the necessity of boredom - Why creative projects grip us - Morne's artistic philosophy of MESS - Artists and AI - Why surprise is the currency of creativity ...and much, much more! 🚨🚨🚨SUPPORT MY WORK DIRECTLY AND UNLOCK EXTRA CONTENT ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DylanGous 🚨🚨🚨LISTEN TO EXISTENTIAL DELIGHT ON 🎵SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/show/3N3Fy0dVLHWL9BFh94BHL9 🍎APPLE - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/existential-delight/id1558566726 🚨🚨🚨CONVERSATION FLOW 1 - Morne’s Background 2 - The Role of Art Galleries and the New Model for Artists 3 - Artists & AI 4 - Attention & Focus - How We Engineer Distraction 5 - Habit & Ritual When Making Art 6 - The Great Plateau 7 - Decisions vs Choices in the Creative Process 8 - Morne’s Artistic Philosophy of Mess 9 - David Lynch on Creativity 10 - Outro 🧠MEDIA, PERSONS AND LINKS MENTIONED IN INTERVIEWIn order of mention: 1 - A Short Film Written Entirely by AI - Austin McConnell - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XO3q6MA668&t=3s&pp=ygURYXVzdGluIG1jb25uZWwgQUk%3D 2 - Tom Sachs - https://www.tomsachs.com/ 3 - Viral Cellphone Video - Look Up by Gary Turk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY 4 - Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - https://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Perennial-Classics/dp/0061339202 5 - Stephen Pressfield - Turning Pro: https://www.amazon.com/Turning-Pro-Inner-Power-Create/dp/1936891034The War of Art - https://www.amazon.com/War-Art-Steven-Pressfield-ebook/dp/B007A4SDCG 6 - Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky - https://www.amazon.com/Making-Ideas-Happen-Overcoming-Obstacles/dp/1591844118 7 - Gamestorming by Dave Gray - https://www.amazon.com/Gamestorming-Playbook-Innovators-Rulebreakers-Changemakers/dp/0596804172 8 - Van Neistat - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5mPJA4y5G8Z6aNkY6AxgAw 9 - David Lynch on Creativity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFsBaa_MEzM 10 - Eraserhead - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074486/11 - Mulholland Drive - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166924/

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Meaningful Conversations with Fascinating People. Join Dylan Gous as he explores Philosophy, Creativity, and the work of G.K. Chesterton.