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How To Stay Inspired | Daria Gai | TEDxIMUVisakhapatnam


[Music]
you
just before I’ll enter this circle I
just want you to remember this moment
when we don’t know each other we haven’t
seen each other maybe we saw each other
once yesterday but it was just for a
very short period of time so this is
this moment of absolute unknown moment
of creation when I decided to have a
talk on inspiration I decided to be
absolutely true to the topic and wait
for the inspiration to come and then
when inspiration is there I would just
slide it down I would break it down I
will see where it’s coming how it’s
coming why it’s coming so I decided to
wait for the moment to come and to start
writing my speech so amazing great great
idea months has passed one month month
has passed nothing was happening three
weeks still nothing was happening but I
decided I knew that inspiration will
take time to come two weeks nothing one
week slightly disturbing I was quite
nervous I’m like no no I have to be true
to my experiment to the test and I
didn’t touch Japan I was waiting five
days three days two days nothing was
there one day I’m like maybe at night I
will get this strange inspiration
epiphany and GU right I knew that it
will happen I mean how else it cannot
happen
nothing I’m sitting on the plane zero
zero in my mind zero in my head nothing
was happening and then I just realized I
I guess I have to skip the idea of
waiting for inspiration to ditch the
idea of experiment and just to write at
least something not to fail speech or to
fail but not not that much so I’m
sitting on the pain on the on the plane
I took the pen and I start writing not
even a pen a pencil pay attention why
it’s pencil so I imagine I’m sitting
right now making the note and I’m
feeling so proud Here I am sitting on
the plane so fancy taking the note what
everyone is on their phone
no sending
just checking their Facebook and I am
sitting creative person I felt really
proud and I’m continuing writing
neighbor next to me looks at me notes
his head and I know that he really
appreciates that I’m a creative person I
need role passing by on a tray with the
way with the air hostess I don’t pay
that to that and I’m continuing writing
and I decided not to disturb my show off
the writer inside me and let it let him
enjoy the moment of this show off while
my the second writer the hard-working
one was just writing so as you can see I
have two strange writers in me one show
OFI which although he sits next to the
window sipping espresso thinking about
creative things and just right and
another one normal one who just writes
and somehow I’m trying not to judge the
first one they show off he won because
as far as his writing do whatever you
want just right so also what I recently
understood that writing unfortunately or
any kind of creation is not as romantic
as it seems every time when I’m singing
about creative field I’m imagining this
crazy people who are wearing what I was
on – we’re going whatever they want to
go and just thinking no it just doesn’t
work like that
every time I actually when I’m sitting
in front of my laptop and let’s say
start writing script whether it’s first
draft second draft last drop no matter
what it is I’m actually feeling nausea
I’m feeling this strange nauseating
feeling of starting doing something or
continue doing something or even
finishing it’s a almost physical nor
share I hope it’s nothing to do with my
health but I’m trying to force myself to
create something that wasn’t that before
it’s strange it’s tricky it’s hard and
somehow first stage for me is always the
same
I am doubting myself I’m doubting other
people’s I’m doubting my own skills and
I’m doubting even the purpose why am i
doing I’m a good writer I’m a good
filmmaker I’m a good director should I
do it every time when I’m stepping on
the set I’m getting the same thoughts
and recently I understood that no matter
how much films you have made no matter
how much businesses you’ve done no
matter how much startups you have
created the process will be always the
same when it’s your first film on the
last film but it’s your first speech or
fifty-fifth speech you’ll be always
doubting everything around you and with
experience with time only one
realization will come realization that
it always would be doubt abou always
will be difficult always will be
surround with self-doubt nothing will
change much so every time I need to
almost force myself more almost like
physically force myself to to feel
inspired or to feel inspiration it’s
like you know jumping from the cliff
when you’re just looking at the water
and you know that no one will push you
hopefully
you need to jump yourself there won’t be
inspiration when you will jump and you
will enjoy enjoy jumping no to be in the
water you need to push yourself there
and to start without an inspiration
without any ideas just take your pan
start writing or just enter the hole and
start the speech despite of the fear
despite of the any judgments that you’re
surrounding yourself with so the moment
of actual inspiration
usually come only for five to ten
percent not more than that however this
five to ten percent is extremely
important so with time slowly I finally
came up with different ideas how to try
inspire myself so the first idea of mine
is ritual like how I entered this space
it was a ritual I am trying to create
something from nothing
so it’s this moment of holy creation
because before that nothing was there
I’m by writing the script by directing
the film by coming up the idea of
startup I am touching this holy birth
sacred birth because I’m creating
something from nowhere so I’m kind of
playing role of a creator if you wish of
a God so every time for example when I’m
working with my students we’re doing
certain rituals to start our lecture for
example they’re standing up doing some
strange actions with their hands depends
on the on the group that I’m having and
each and every class starts like that
why because outside world the world
behind these doors is a human world
right now here and now all of us who
have a very unique experience of each
other all our problems all our issues
family friends doubt all that is there
behind the doors right now this is
unique and this unique connection we
need to create with the ritual that’s
all so for example when you’re entering
temple or porch there are certain
rituals that you need to do either touch
the temple discard from your head or
greet your audience it’s a ritual which
tells you that human world is behind and
we’re creating something new now the
second one after the ritual usually I’m
doing the uncomfortable zones or they
another method of pushing your
creativity or attracting your
inspiration what is uncomfortable zones
it’s certain unknown zone where your
brain is alert all the time all five
senses of yours are awakened for example
when you’re going back home and you know
exactly the path you can’t even close
you out your eyes and you will walk back
home but if it’s unknown zone at night
you will be hearing all the sounds
you’ll be listening to all the talks
which were there on the behind you
maybe it’s dangerous person maybe you
can be in danger
maybe you will just fall down because
there is a hole you’re becoming aware so
unknown zones is extremely important for
any creativity that’s why it’s so
important for
to travel I don’t know what to listen to
a foreigner songs and writing down the
ideas that comes to your head or writing
down the Association in other exercise
which usually we’re practicing in our
crew and among our students is let’s say
to write down ten words filler words
that you’re using all the time hey
what’s up bro man are they you’re
writing them down 10 words which you’re
using the most you’re creating the
timeline it for the next one week I will
not use even one single word what does
it do to you your brain becomes alert
all the time
you’re becoming conscious what you’re
saying how you are saying should you
avoid it or not and if you are saying
the word after you deal with yourself
you can let’s say create the punishment
for it for yourself let’s say physical
exercise push-up so another one next
method of creativity or to trigger
inspiration is diary one of my favorite
writers opinion in one of his books he
has created a character who was
following samurais products of keeping
notebook he called it part of diary
which belongs to one of the Japanese
diary literature so the instructions are
following you have to separate your
diary into three parts let’s call it
tree water mist in the tree part you are
writing any new information which comes
to you let’s say you’re opening
Wikipedia and you got to know something
new about Second World War I don’t know
you’re right in Second World War started
at 1939 very water water is usual diary
you’re just describing your day and mist
mist should be quote beautiful quote
written by you describing anything with
which you or what you’re feeling my
quote should be so beautiful that the
king should be able to put it in his
room in the room where he is taking the
most important decisions for his country
so it should be boy maybe
but the rule is that you have to write
this diary every day no matter what even
if you’re coming back drunk at night
sometimes it happens or if you are on
the ship and let’s say your ship suffers
shipwreck and everyone died around you
literally everyone died you’re the only
person who survived and how you survive
you’re just holding that wooden you know
piece of wood you are floating on the
water and you remember that today you
haven’t written your diary select I have
to write my diary take diary not even
taking diary taking your finger and all
over the water you’re right water or
tree apparently a dead body lying on the
botton oversee come to the surface again
within five hours information new
information you’ve gotten over today
mind second one which one the second one
water you’re writing I am writing my
water on the water I’m floating holding
the piece of wood most probably I will
die soon but doesn’t matter I’m writing
my diary or I hate this diary missed
Mace’s tricky one what kind of
inspiration can be there in the water
you’re singing for a while
finger watering the floating bodies like
a shoal of dolphins touching me with
their fins and inviting me to join them
can be can be good whether you will die
oh you will be same doesn’t matter
the idea of samurais path part of the
diary no matter what you have to write
no excuses so these exercises give you
information new information every day
gives you awareness of what you’re doing
how you’re doing how you’re spending
your day and third just beautifies your
thinking or delivery of the information
according to summarise this exercise can
change your life with
it can change the life no first 1/4 a
method of pushing the creativity or
inviting inspiration physical exercises
very simple in healthy body healthy
spirit yeah all of us we know it running
long walks you are stuck with any kind
of assignment with with Kenya kind or
any kind of problem just go on a walk
alone 1 2 3 5 hours walk don’t think
about anything somehow maybe epiphany
the solution to to the idea or I don’t
know the project will come 5th simple
diary again if you are not able to write
our Japanese diary summarize one your
simple diary why again just to keep
track what’s happening in your life so
you will be able to just compare to
judge maybe to make it better next time
books here’s everything very simple as
William Faulkner said read read read
that’s it this is the only thing which
make can make you different in 21st
century most of us we on our bio I
phones phones on social media and books
they’re slightly getting pushed away
just think for a while why each and
every big invention first thing that
they will do they will know they were
not burning cities or killing people
first but first thing that they were
doing they were burning what books
libraries why because there is some
secret knowledge which gives you power
of just independent thinking by yourself
using your own thoughts your own
creativity and it’s quite tricky to rule
this kind of mind so we always need to
choose whether we are part of the herd
or we are those strange outcasts but who
can change the world
long pose awkward has she forgotten
something to say or what’s exactly
happening so brain starts looking for
different questions why because it’s our
third or third point the uncomfortable
zone we are feeling I’m comforting
slightly out of the usual rules
that’s why hope becomes fast brain
becomes hotter and such thinking much
faster and this is what we need to
retreat almost for each and every day of
our life our Muse is like a child I
think so it needs attention it needs
discipline and when it’s crucial when
you have really crucial situation when
you need to write we need to come up
with new ideas sometimes you need to be
very stern you have to hunt her running
maybe in the films and on the street
then look her your inner Muse in the
room get the guard at the door and wait
till she will finish her work when she
will come up with the idea and will give
you inspiration yes she will be crying
she will be a crybaby but you need to be
strict no means no put your muse there
and wait no inspiration no inspiration
no inspiration you wait at the door and
then she will produce something that you
needed but as I said you need to be very
strict she’s very smart she’s extremely
beautiful she’s cruel she will be
charming distracted the same time
seducing but you should control yourself
she will push you to check your
messenger oh she loves it
or your OSAP messages or suddenly you
will get the idea that now I have to
call my mother so two weeks ago you were
not calling one week a year ago you were
not calling but right now when you have
the most important assignment suddenly
you want to call your mother amazing
child no it’s a destruction finish it
then call because even if you will
distract it
for two minutes that’s it she will bribe
the guide and she will escape and then
again you will have to hunt her for days
and days running around very difficult
sometimes it may be it won’t even happen
so and with time it becomes more and
more difficult to pay attention just to
be together like just you know good you
with your thoughts someone told me once
that silence was created by God so that
we can hear our our own thoughts and
noises were created by demons so that we
will not hear whispers of the God and
with others creatures of 21st century we
can relate to it because we have so much
information we became an accord we’re
not more a human being we’re code we
have pictures on social medias we’re
there most of the time we reading so
much new information we enjoying it I
said the same time also realizing it’s
like fast food entertaining tasty
looking good but just extra calories
it’s actually it doesn’t give you much
and there might be a reason why children
of creators most of the tasty sins of
our social sins like Facebook etcetera
etcetera
they’re kids they’re going to schools in
Silicon Valley where computers and
mobile phones are not allowed maybe they
know something more that we know maybe
we can give a thought to that however I
remember when I wrote that sentence
about Silicon Valley I decided just for
a second that I just check my message I
just wanted to see what my friends
message me and then and then and then
and then I returned back and I was a
wreck already reaching the venue so but
I got to know that my friend from the
eighth grade has done a new haircut to
her dog
amazing important needed wooden
information especially for the speech on
the other hand I am using this in the
speech
also another extremely important moment
for me to be inspired is just to break
mana turning to break this usual life
the schedule the the structure just to
break it maybe do some absolutely crazy
strange unusual things when was the last
time when you done like really unusual
thing or uncomfortable or you put
yourself in an uncomfortable zone
when was this that moment when you’re
feeling butterflies in your stomach if
it was more than months and months ago
wouldn’t to think how to get it back
because sometimes we’re going into too
much thinking deciding judging what’s
good what’s bad maybe sometimes it’s not
that important I believe in fashion and
fashion is the basis of creation life
creation love creation creativity
creation any kind of creation finding
the moments when you can lose the
control and maybe time to time not every
day but this is the time on you actually
live and we need to find those
situations more something that can
inspire us one that create butterflies
in the stomach and not to allow your
magic and your unique view at life just
to disappear otherwise whatever left
with that’s why they say that the hero’s
journey or the hero’s way of life is
always adventurous so all of us are
creators new projects life ideas
teaching methods just our life methods
and we shouldn’t kill the Creator within
us we need to find this strange spark
inside our life because when we are
burning from within
everyone is getting attracted to us how
we can burn from within with exploration
with a strange childishness inside us
when you as a child you’re just excited
too
explore everything oh this is the chair
what exactly the color of this chair how
does it build we where Howie your exam
was sitting right now it’s so unique and
it’s absolutely different from another
person and just by looking at you by
noticing your ring the color of your
shoes I am creating very unique
connection with you just because I just
paid attention to the details and yes we
can kill crater in us nothing will
change much everything will become just
boring it’s important to think different
to add different and to be different and
not just different like my show off your
writer no just to be yourself when you
are happy well I believe in magic and I
have a magical creature
his name is a will since I was 12
it appeared just around me and even now
in my left shoulder here here and it
always used to help me with my at the
school with my exams at university even
here it kind of like combination of cat
and Mongoose at the same time with a
very long tail and it has unique color
in the visible color actual color and
you know it’s a kind of like charismatic
bastard has very strange moody nature
but really helpful and sometimes also he
helps me to hunt my muses he loves the
hunt and everyone in this room has this
creature on the left shoulder just look
at Beulah left shoulder shoulder
actually look just once just give a look
give a look greeted and everyone has
very unique creature it can be an animal
it can be just object it can be
combination of both object and animal
everyone has it whether it’s true or not
I don’t know but I will know so by the
way the speeches I was writing on the
plane somehow I finished it and I
finally written it because muse came
only
for a couple of seconds but it came
maybe only because i trapped her up in
the air and there was no place to go
maybe we can’t change the world but
maybe we can inspire the world and
inspired ourselves alright
he knows its head correct he agrees
thank you so much
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