Kafka’s Creative Block and the Four Psychological Hindrances That Keep the Talented from Manifesting Their Talent
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Kafka’s Creative Block and the Four Psychological Hindrances That Keep the Talented from Manifesting Their Talent
Writers and artists of all kinds share a pervasive trope with scientists: creative work is immensely satisfying, but the moment to moment experience of producing it can be extraordinarily unpleasant.
In 1979, struggling to write a script for a weeklong series on “Going to School,” he wrote in a note to himself: “Am I kidding myself that I’m able to write a script again? Am I really just whistling Dixie? I wonder. Why don’t I trust myself? Really that’s what it’s all about . . . that and not wanting to go through the agony of creation. AFTER ALL
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