"You often feel tired, not because you’ve done too much, but because you’ve done too little of what sparks a light in you." - Alexander den Heijer

@jkolodziej78

3 жыл бұрын

Everyday!

@purplecow_1

3 жыл бұрын

@m.A.A.d i feel you. "everyday do something that terrifies you" , take care

@captain1432

3 жыл бұрын

May I join you guys? Feeling the same here and it's awful. I don't know what sparks a light in me, though. No path to follow :(

@tripzville7569

3 жыл бұрын

What a brilliant post my unknown friend.

@paulwiseman1668

3 жыл бұрын

@@purplecow_1 why? Chances are you'll end up dead. That prospect dose'nt fill me with light. Don't be so hard on yourself. Do what YOU like. Strength through joy.

Jordan Peterson: buy art me, an artist: yes, buy art

@edheldude

3 жыл бұрын

Where can I see/buy your art?

@VixxKong2

3 жыл бұрын

Drop that merch link

@jenluckhardt6302

3 жыл бұрын

Lol this made me chuckle

@aeroplane3630

3 жыл бұрын

I do art too but it's mostly just for hobby and fun. Rebecca, if you'd like to drop a link to your art shop (if you have any), I'd really like to take a look at your portfolio!

@downtime86stars17

3 жыл бұрын

Amen!!!!!!

"An artist who stops making art is committing emotional suicide. Get off the couch and start painting again." ~ Unknown

@eddybrevet6816

3 жыл бұрын

I have made some exclusive stuff, and I have ideas for more, lost interest in lot , can’t get my mind off, what I can’t get

@potatowarrior747

3 жыл бұрын

Easier said.

@DoffDoffinson

3 жыл бұрын

Facts

@ree2006

3 жыл бұрын

@@potatowarrior747 why? just do it man it’ll get easier over time. You’ll be so happy you did!

@potatowarrior747

3 жыл бұрын

@@ree2006 thanks dude...I'm trying...but never seem to be constant...thanks for that tho

To those in their 20's and 30's- PLEASE learn from my mistakes! I'm 54, and I finally established a true "career" path some 15 years ago when I became a public school teacher. To most outsiders I would appear to be successful, but I'm a living embodiment of the price one pays for staying in a profession when it brings very little true fulfillment. I'm a talented writer, musician, song-writer, and artist, but I've been so weighed down by constant indecision my entire adult life that I've settled for the paycheck, in spite of knowing the awful example I'm setting for my sons (20 and 16). I'm begging you to not let that happen to you. Pick something that you really care about and get after it. Life is hard enough; you don't want to be where I am at my age. I'm losing hope that I'll ever get it together enough to make a substantive change. UPDATE: I took early retirement at the end of the '21-'22 school year. It's a massive pay cut, but we'll be fine. My wife will be retiring after this school year after 34 years of teaching! I've spent much of the last 6 months creating ART, and I just signed a 6 month contract to show my ART at a gallery in north OKC. I'm nervous and I keep finding myself looking for a way out, but I'm forcing myself to ignore those voices of fear and lack. Wish me luck! I'll post future updates. I appreciate all the support.

@corvuscorax5000

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I really hope you succeed in changing things and creating a more fulfilling life for yourself. I'm a random stranger, but I believe in you.

@bigstv15

4 жыл бұрын

Never too late, everything happens for a reason. Thanks for warning us and I believe that you can and will make your life worthwhile! I don't know if you believe in God, but I'm praying for you.

@izmirmohamadsalleh

4 жыл бұрын

I pray that you will find your strength. The prime minister of my country came to office at 93 years old last year. So, maybe there is still enough time for you to make that substantive change.

@justintime995

4 жыл бұрын

things have changed too much in the last 20 years. Introduce your sons to the gig economy.. that is the future. Hopefully they'll thrive.

@paxonearth

4 жыл бұрын

@Barnabas Blackthorne McTavish What field of work is your "shitty job"? And what are you doing to switch to a more fulfilling job?

"The worst thing for creative people is to not be creative, cuz they just die" I spend all my life waiting for someone to say that... I Love JP

@rageraptor7127

2 жыл бұрын

I work 50+ hours a week as a college drop out of a career that I didn’t really end up liking in the end. And even now I have always wanted to become a video game developer or video editor and always had so many ideas that I wanted to try out. But by the time I actually get a chance to try out my ideas and try to learn what I love. Fist I’m shunned because I’m not striving to be a doctor. And second I’m told it’s a terrible career choice and that I need too much time to actually make it. And at this point in time I’m sort of in a state of depression. In which I hate all of the jobs I work. And don’t have the time to actually chase my dream simply because I need money to simply survive as an adult. So by the time I get home at the end of my long shifts all I want to do is simply lay down and sleep. Simply because I don’t get enough rest to actually be able to keep my creative mind from falling asleep.

@gregoryrousseau5155

2 жыл бұрын

@@rageraptor7127 Sounds rough buddy. Being creative is a burden indeed. But you could still try to do small things. Only as much as you can. Chip away at it, and you will eventually get there! All the best!

@rageraptor7127

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregoryrousseau5155 I guess you right

@SunshineLee2012

2 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@Ryosuke1208

Жыл бұрын

@@rageraptor7127@ Rage Raptor Damm, I hope you can get a job where you can at least exploit some of your creative talents.

He's so passionate about what he's saying, not just a talking text book like some. Entertaining.

@cloverboy75

5 жыл бұрын

@Kiel Anderson - lol. Once again intellectual vanity proves itself to be incompatible with self awareness.

@ayanasaiz2739

5 жыл бұрын

I find him expansive and expanding, my mind and soul. His vocabulary alone gets me going. For some, they must pause and search the dictionary nearby. Great! Some people are like “trees” that let the sun in through their branches. “Strength to prevail”, “window into the transcendent” ... words I needed today. Quack? Mmm keep quaking Jordan, some of us get it.

@vehasuwatphisankij8846

5 жыл бұрын

That come from 30 yrs of reading ton shit load of book and literature. So, I think some who talk like a working text book can go to the knowledge base direction and one day they can talk like JP.

@pahwraith

5 жыл бұрын

@@vehasuwatphisankij8846 he's also done this exact lecture hundreds of times and had to engage bored sleepy college students. Seriously, just search his name and creativity. He's delivered lectures on this topic over and over again. It's a talent he honed with years of work. It's like a standing comedian with a good routine.

@theGamers-ls3gn

5 жыл бұрын

The Dragon Trilogy he is tooo creative about what he is doing and understands totally what he saying such a great person.

Art is the most underappreciated and most valuable thing humans do.

@WolvesFansince

4 жыл бұрын

muscledog666 art, music I would agree. I don't know what this world would be like without art or music

@Hypekickerz

4 жыл бұрын

There's two ways of looking at it. Of course becoming an artist is way harder than to apply for a builder job, but as a builder you can't really climb a ladder like as an artist. Musicians and actors have the biggest houses in Hollywood, I see no one wearing a hardhat living there. Everything has it's importance

@MrAlexanderLang

4 жыл бұрын

No it's not, i'd rather have a hospital, or a solid building to sleep in, or none poisonous food, art is like 99th out of a 100 on the list.

@vijaysundarrajan1785

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrAlexanderLang Technically, the distinction is this- art creates progress, but before progress, you need things like infrastructure and necessities for stability. Artistic and scientific progress are only useful when the backbone of infrastructure is fully developed.

@shotbro4998

3 жыл бұрын

It’s like the quote by John Keating in Dead Poets Society: “We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?”

true, remember that rejected austrian art student? he really needed that

@BrigitaMencigarJb29m

4 жыл бұрын

Good one...but sad truth...

@NeilRaouf

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine he would have made it as a painter....

@thepovdweller

4 жыл бұрын

@Shimohira Reika and he was really good at that. Search the Old Courtyard of Munich, shit slaps. His dream of being an independant artist was shattered when he got refused by the art school.

@CamRebires

4 жыл бұрын

@Shimohira Reika r/woosh

@MrAlexanderLang

4 жыл бұрын

😆🤣😂

Art shows you the transcendant, because good art is made when artists are "in the zone". The Greeks called this state of mind "amusement". It's when your conscious thinking, your ego and your critical faculties turn off, you begin to operate automatically, and the work comes out perfectly of its own accord. It really is a kind of divine experience, to let the the collective unconscious pour out of you onto the page.

@ahobimo732

5 жыл бұрын

You become an apprentice to the Original Artist, the Primary Creator. We were made, in His image, for this very purpose.

@wesnile8972

5 жыл бұрын

Nice

@mnemonyss

5 жыл бұрын

@Beef Chavez Truth! Your words are golden truth.

@danielplainview1

4 жыл бұрын

I agree with Nabokov’s view of the artist as enchanter. I don’t think creativity is as passive as the Greek model, which refers to the muses as an external force. Creativity shapes with conscious process that which would otherwise be like a dream, so that we can realize and articulate it coherently.

@mathewhale3581

4 жыл бұрын

Nice. I’m no expert but I see this sometimes when playing guitar. I get in the Zone where it’s effortless, deep, open and lucid - a real joy to play and I think it is starting to sound fantastic - then I realise that I’m in the Zone and it all falls to shit. Dagnabbit!! I guess I’m not a good enough player to trust that what I’m doing is right and transcend the internal critique.

As an artist I am heartened that there are educated people who truly do understand the artists role in society, for once someone who doesn't relate everything and everyone's value to money

@noahisenbarger5256

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, success should not be measured in money, but in the joy of life

@geneanthony3421

2 жыл бұрын

Artists always have a role in society, it's when they try to monetize it is when they have problems. Hard to really make money off passions especially since others tend to get involved who bastardize what you created.

@iparagonepersonalvlogs1061

2 жыл бұрын

Even then, he DID tie it to money, though more specifically he said value. That’s why he emphasized why he couldn’t stand how conservatives don’t appreciate the value of art when WHOLE INDUSTRIES (Entertainment, Tourism, NFTs, Literature) are backed by art

@iparagonepersonalvlogs1061

2 жыл бұрын

@@geneanthony3421 as a former gamer, that last point is a sad truth

I'm an introverted creative person. I am deeply fortunate to have a loving wife. I create lessons as a private school teacher, write screenplays and novels, and play guitar and write songs. I don't make any money outside teaching but I have to keep pursuing goodness, beauty, and truth, even though I get almost no encouragement from the world out there. I'm not complaining.

@saurabhverma7366

3 жыл бұрын

Carry on creating art!!! The planets need you.

@gregoryrousseau5155

2 жыл бұрын

@@saurabhverma7366 agreed! This is what it means to be human. We were created to create. We learn, we grow, we build. Keep it up!

@niqnact1121

2 жыл бұрын

Healthiest comment on here

@friedlemon5172

2 жыл бұрын

I'm 22 and I want to quit my current degree (pharmacy) and pursue either English (as a second language), psychology, ooor directing... I also write and play music, and I think a life like yours would be something I would want :D

@writereducator

2 жыл бұрын

@@friedlemon5172 Don't think you can't be creative as a pharmacist, as well as do a lot of good for others and make a decent living!

A creative person is always creative in their mind it never stops it’s more of a curse than a blessing, but the works of art produced by such people are an extension of them selves physically manifested into the world.

@JesuisParte

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah. I feel that ''rather a curse than a blessing'' man..

@gregoryrousseau5155

2 жыл бұрын

Well said there, bravo my friend. The real challenge is actually getting those creative ideas out of one's mind and into the world. Sadly, too many creative people spend their lives in the mundane, never able to manifest those beautiful ideas, concepts, dreams and artworks and bring them to reality. I am one of them, but I am hoping to finally get stuck in and get my ideas off the ground within the next year! Here's hoping

@niqnact1121

2 жыл бұрын

What a dull view on creativity when many positive outcomes are possible (coming from a hyper creative individual)

@niqnact1121

2 жыл бұрын

@@JesuisParte then do it for beauty not yourself

@infj-tguy6275

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregoryrousseau5155 good luck mate

Now I understand what's wrong with me. I died.

@illyorker

3 жыл бұрын

Word !!!!!

@jamessilver6429

3 жыл бұрын

r.i.p

@letsgoBrandon204

3 жыл бұрын

Marcus Aurelius couldn't work out what was wrong with himself?! Something fishy is going on here 🤔

@hardlyworking_

3 жыл бұрын

f

@pdotj

3 жыл бұрын

Come back marc

This is why I stopped trying so hard to monetize my creativity. I'm happier just enduring my day job and creating during my free time without worrying about making it a "business".

@metoo3318

4 жыл бұрын

same for me. i work in a “creative job“ that asks for restrained creativity in fact. i keep my creativity private, unpaid, blissful

@Ari-ih5un

4 жыл бұрын

@@metoo3318 what job is that?? I want to find a job that doesn't drain too much energy so when I come back I can create

@DavidG2P

3 жыл бұрын

My creativity and desire for beauty literally FORCES itself into my day job. I cannot do otherwise than delivering one piece of art after the other day in day out. The price I pay for this is that I put in like two to three unpaid hours a day because of course I'm way slower than everyone else this way.

@dkstudioart

3 жыл бұрын

Well, this is kind of awkward. I actually quit my job last December, I had some money come in that allowed me to, not enough to live off of forever, but enough to allow me to work full time at getting an art business going.

@lostinkyoto8444

3 жыл бұрын

@A Deutsch Complete nonsense 😑

I was very unhappy until I took the plunge and gambled everything on becoming a professional graphic designer. Now that I can support myself doing something that I love, I feel like I've won some kind of significant battle. It was a rare moment of clarity for me. It truly felt like I cast an anchor down to my soul and figured something out about myself. And if I never make another breakthrough like that for as long as I live, at least I'll have that. And to anyone else wondering if they should follow their creative passion, my heart goes out to you. Never stop listening to that pleading voice inside, because if you don't feed it, it will die.

@rehmenada5552

Жыл бұрын

same here bro, I loved your comment. It touched me, thanks for this. My story is same as yours, I am not even employed but I am working as a freelance graphic designer and I never had any professional graphic design course done. I had accounting degrees.

That's so impressive that in comments there are a lot of creative people, who really do care. Guys, wish all the best to you. To us

"Buy a damn piece of art, you know?" I love it

@RoopaDudleyPaintings

4 жыл бұрын

That would be fantastic! My website awaits your purchase. Thank you!

@nico-ng5de

4 жыл бұрын

@@RoopaDudleyPaintings XD.

@RoopaDudleyPaintings

4 жыл бұрын

@@nico-ng5de ?

@jonlanier_

4 жыл бұрын

I'd rather create the piece of art.

@nico-ng5de

4 жыл бұрын

@@RoopaDudleyPaintings i saw funny how you took advantage of the sittuation

I really relate. My family hates any form of art, consequently calling me a weirdo and squashing my love for art as I grew up. They're lucky I'm a relatively resilient person and kept up my passion for art despite their negativity, and now they see the value in what I do in relation to being able to make extra money on the side. It's been hard though, having to deal with their hatred for my biggest passion.

@MTBCEC

2 жыл бұрын

They are possibly only hating because they themselves are not as creative as you. People that cant understand things, usually neglect it.

@jeffreycollins7297

10 ай бұрын

I can relate Val. Much respect!

@soyeux27

5 ай бұрын

You're not alone, Val. I'm a musician and a writer myself and I'm totally devastated sometimes when I see how talented artists can be despised by their families. Ignorance is a sin. Keep up investing your soul, heart and spirit in what needs you. Art needs you as much as you need it.

@vonnie0_0

5 ай бұрын

Keep doing what you’re doing! I was lucky enough to be born in a family of artists, my mom is a sketch artist, my dad does sculpting, and my sister writes stories. They’ve been very supportive of my art, and I realize now that not everyone has that supportive net or appreciation for art, they really should show more respect for what you do. Do not give up in your creative endeavors fellow artist!

"a real piece of art is a window into the transcendent..." Beautiful.

@arrionmoses8122

3 жыл бұрын

Wow synchronization as he said it

Its so difficult being creative. Im a singer song writer, and the need to create and not be held to a 9 - 5 is so strong. Sometimes i have this deep feeling of pain, and yearning for something that I feel like I can't obtain. I crave so much more, and it feels out of reach.

I just resigned my boring office job yesterday, so that I can pursue my dream of starting and owning my own business. Wish me luck! 💪🏼

@inertia_oudrey7006

3 жыл бұрын

How has it been?

@simplephysics5858

3 жыл бұрын

Yea

@aboldone3991

3 жыл бұрын

How is it going?

@ErlendBuflod

3 жыл бұрын

Probably caught up in business :)

@dreamingblue3939

3 жыл бұрын

Hope all is going well for you

So much passion so much emotion in his voice, what he says, he believes it. Or better: he knows the importance of creativity, the depth of creating. Art is so much more than what we think it is. Beauty and aesthetic are so important for the soul. Look at nature. What a creation. The most beautiful art work on this planet is the planet and nature itself. We live in a painting. In a creation.

@francois_leveille

3 жыл бұрын

Well said my friend. And to push it even further, every creation needs a creator, and every work is the product of an artist...

@MTBCEC

2 жыл бұрын

well said.

@tylersoto7465

2 жыл бұрын

Amen , that's the one thing I love about God is his ability to create like this universe and all it's wonders and possibilities it hold and just immerse yourself into it

@leahstoobe

Жыл бұрын

Glory to Yahweh God! 🙌✝️🙌

I've begun to realize my creative side and I've gotta say, Jordan Peterson is spot on once again. Before I was depressed, felt trapped, felt worthless, felt like a waste. Expressing myself and using my brain to create is like lifting weights. I feel so strong and purposeful. I think many people do not realize that they have an underlying creative side that has been silenced by duty and expectation. I started to play the drums and write music. For others it's drawing, fashion, acting, painting, sculpting, athletics. Just go out there and create!!!

@minecwaftcat4474

Жыл бұрын

Man its difficult for creative people to even survive in a capitalist world. Most of us creatives kill ourselves everyday before we go to work

I have never seen a professor speak with such a passion.

Jordan Peterson really is an inspiring speaker. He has a very genuine spirit and passion that is really touching to listen to. He is also very brave when it comes to speaking about issues that cause him to be seen negatively in many circles. He is truly an intellectual hero.

I’ve never had someone explain how I’ve been feeling recently in under 5 mins

Sounds like someone who was very open, extraverted, conscientious, and agreeable would need a really specific life to not be depressed

@thatguybob6088

3 жыл бұрын

that's why they're all depressed lol

@StuartFuckingLittle

3 жыл бұрын

@@thatguybob6088 Haha.

@Mystical-wt1cx

3 жыл бұрын

I’m one of those people and yes I’m depressed right now. I just got cheated in love, second time. I forgave them, because I’m open and agreeable, but they left me anyway. I’m parting ways with my business partner, because he has ethical issues. So I try to find a flaw in me because I’m conscientious, but after a point, I can’t. It’s an external fault, mistake. And so I can’t change it and that really makes me depressed. I’m just trying now not to get vulnerable, because next time it just might be the death of me.

@myanimation8987

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mystical-wt1cx there are better ways to deal w all these trauma than a youtube comment, hope you get through this bro. good on you for standing up for your ethics w your business

@Mystical-wt1cx

3 жыл бұрын

@@myanimation8987 Sometimes people just want to be listened. :)

Beautiful. I'm 50, and I'm finally going to submit some art again, and risk rejection... But possibly court victory. Denying your creativity is a soul killer.

@legendaryzee22

4 жыл бұрын

Tony Wicks - C2D4 Comics you’re regret not trying more in the end, don’t give up ! Keep going :)

@sgt1terrence

4 жыл бұрын

Hell yah do it

@halvmane5969

4 жыл бұрын

don't ever stop trying

@missionpupa

4 жыл бұрын

I thought of J.K Rowling when you said that. I think it was 12 publications that rejected Harry Potter. She just kept working on it and submitting. Now shes the first self made female billionaire. If youre good at something and even slightly passionate about it. Then work on it, become really good at it, and it will just be a matter of time someone will see your value.

Know what this talk reminds me of? Japan. Conservative yet a high appreciation of art.

@harshksanghavi

6 жыл бұрын

Roti Wokeman he's talking about fiscally conservative not as a culture

@kiara-kh7nh

6 жыл бұрын

Japan has a high appreciation of aesthetic. As almost all Asian cultures do. But artists still have the stigma of having been put in the lowest caste in feudal times. Don't get the two confused.

@asswizardofsiberia520

6 жыл бұрын

Jordan Peterson is Japan

@sauravkhandait8315

6 жыл бұрын

Besides, for building something for 300 years I think conservative and socialist people are required.

@LucasGuillemette

6 жыл бұрын

But also they have very high discipline and have a very poetic view of life simply from their very weird language.

In times where I don't have any spare time to play the guitar, I am very sad and annoyed. When I finally find the time to play it's relaxing, "ahh, I am myself again", it's like a basic need, but not a compulsion.

@bacht4799

3 жыл бұрын

Which is why I never gonna learn too play a instrument right.. I get that feeling when there are clean and things works I know what too do and not to do .. I like results and things working ..

I love watching this man talk -- he always looks like he cannot wait to get whatever information in his head to somebody else, even just one person. He's a genuine humanitarian

I like to imagine this man is actually in a room by himself just rambling...

@rageraptor7127

2 жыл бұрын

He’s practicing to deliver his god like speeches

@adamthomas7542

2 жыл бұрын

Thats what anyone who truely understands what they're talking about (or is closely trying to) sounds like. Why would they lie or mislead nobody...

@kristophervarga5332

2 жыл бұрын

@@adamthomas7542 Aw I’m not suggesting that. I was just making a silly joke.

@adamthomas7542

2 жыл бұрын

@@kristophervarga5332 I realise my friend hahaha im just saying. The mad scientist does sound mad. But knows more about what hes talking about that anyone else 😂

@jeremygranfors9162

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhhhahahahahahaahahhahaahahhaahhahaha. Too fucken good

Tell that to the school system, where creativity is seen as a waste of time and money, and that it has no value. They want to take the people who can learn fast and spit out what they have in their head and later do something they need and pay them, more or less depending on the amount of people available to do the job. I get it, we need to make food, houses and loads of other products. But everyone one this planet has the potential to be creative and make use of it.

@CE-vd2px

6 жыл бұрын

Metal Coasters not true

@pskch9778

6 жыл бұрын

Yes true. Have you went to school or college? I'm going to assume yes, and tell me do you like waking up at 6 AM to go fill your brain with as much information as you can to later spit it out on a piece of paper? Do you feel like learning anything? Chances are if you liked a class it's because you have a passion or an interest in the subject but even that in consideration, the school system is terribly managed. I actually was excited to learn about history, but we don't learn history , we study history, there's a huge difference and if you can't see that I feel sorry for you and your future kids

@pskch9778

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe they are creative but don't know it... can you link me the video?

@RealJokerx7

6 жыл бұрын

@Kyle Kadence: But Jordan is wrong in that one. The test he used goes all or nothing, it doesn't really show the level of creativity. It will be like measuring your skills at riding a bike with: Did you ever participated in the Tour de France? If so, won it? Or in the cycling category at the Olympics? If so, won it? No to all of them? Then you don't know how to ride a bike. Plus, like Metal Coasters says, school ruins creativity. So anyone who goes to school will obviously have a really low level of creativity. And everybody is forced to go. There were studies that shown that the level of creativity before going to school was much higher than after a few years, and it only kept decreasing the longer you were exposed to it. (Which I don't have at hand. :( ) I also don't have at hand Jordan's lecture.

@RealJokerx7

6 жыл бұрын

Another comment. I think I may have misunderstood Metal Coasters comment which was (paraphrasing) "Everybody has a high level of creativity, it's just dormant." while I thought it was (paraphrasing) "School ruins creativity". School does ruin creativity. But I'm not sure if everybody has dormant creativity. An explanation for so many people having low creativity, is that school ruins creativity. So that doesn't disprove it anyway. I'm not sure if creativity is like IQ (which can go down, but not up, at least no one found a way.), like a muscle (which depletes itself if you use it too much until you rest; the more you use it, the bigger it gets; if you don't use it, it atrophies), or it's a skill. So I'm not sure if it can be dormant or improved. (Are you improving it, or did you always had it, but didn't use it?) About Jordan's creativity test. It was an achievement test. With questions like: How many books did you write? How many books did you publish? How well they did? That heavily depends on you age (ie. Just because a 5 yo didn't write any book, it doesn't mean he has a creativity of 0), training (If you spent years learning how to write a book, you will have a higher success in writing and publishing a book), experience (if you spent years writing, you will write better and have a higher chance of publishing, it doesn't meant you are more creative), profession. (Writers will obviously have more books published than non-writers. It doesn't mean they are more creative per se.) Creativity isn't the only factor on the test. Plus, it's a bad way to measure low levels of creativity. Just because you aren't creative enough to write a book doesn't mean your creativity is absolute zero. (Writing was one out of many categories, but most people hit zero in all categories) A better way will be a performance test, like IQ tests, instead of a questionnaire. The one I heard of was of coming out with as many uses for an object as you could think. Which is the one I mentioned earlier, in which kids had lower and lower results the more they went to school.

"The creative soul is blessed, or cursed, with the need to make something out of nothing in either things or self." - brian padrick drake

"If your agreeable you have to be in an intimate relationship." This is me 100%.

@socio637

2 жыл бұрын

you're*

"If you're agreeable, you have to be in an intimate relationship or you DIE" I don't know why I found that so funny, maybe it's the way he said it, but it also made me kinda sad. Of all my friends and immediate family I am one of the few left who have not yet found someone. I have been straight up told by a couple people including my own brother that they were perfectly happy and had plans for their single life until it all changed forever (and for the better) when that person just popped into their life. It's almost as if the ones who aren't seeking are finding, and the ones who truly desire something intimate are the ones who are left behind.

@thegrammarpolice69

2 жыл бұрын

Don't worry, stranger. I'm in the same boat as you are...I'm...not sure if that's supposed to be comforting but atleast you're not alone.

@mermaidman961

2 жыл бұрын

@@thegrammarpolice69 one day it'll happen... maybe the answer is letting it go, like you only stumble across Narnia when you're not looking for it.

@luthiengs

2 жыл бұрын

I felt the same way and heard the same thing from other people. I'm in my 30s, and I finally got sick of being single, so last October, I pulled out my list of what I wanted in a man (because let's be real..us single people have all made those lists thinking the right person will then "manifest" into their life), thought very seriously about which state this type of guy is likely to live in, then moved to that state (I live in the US). I met my boyfriend almost immediately and we're very happy together and are discussing getting married. Moral of the story: sometimes you gotta take the bull by the horns and be very deliberate and strategic about your love life. It's not romantic, but in today's society, serendipity just isn't enough anymore. I wish you the best of luck-you can do this!

@mermaidman961

2 жыл бұрын

@@luthiengs thank you I'm gonna need it! I feel like in some ways that's necessary for me as well, but I have no idea where to start. When I was online dating, most all profiles that ever catched my interest were out of state, because where I live seems to be a barren wasteland, both online and in the real world. I'm happy you finally found someone, I'm only 23 and being single gets less fun everyday.

@MTBCEC

2 жыл бұрын

dont rely on dating apps. Go out to places you like, for example an art museum. Talk to strangers about art, doesnt matter the gender. That person could potentially lead you to your soul mate, or even possibly be your soul mate and you dont even know it. Get out there and live.

I just had to laugh when you cut him off at 4:26 like "sorry dear viewers Mr. Peterson is not going to get back on topic".

@JohnSmith-sz9bz

6 жыл бұрын

Lmfao exactly how I felt. I love his rambles though, I do the same thing.

@chiefcaptn1922

6 жыл бұрын

John Smith he gets complex topics needs long drawn out stories to reach a broader audience, genius really

@MarkTheBattler

5 жыл бұрын

Wucci Mane the link is in description, it’s from the Abraham father of nations talk from the Bible series. This segment ends right around the 46 minute mark ;) peace and progress!

@AdAsteris

3 жыл бұрын

Dr.

@DavidG2P

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that seems to be his problem in EVERY video I watch by him, and this is beginning to make me mad

I would also argue that creativity is not limited to the artistic sphere, as surely it is necessary within almost every other area of life, too. (Apart, from 'creative accounting' ;)) As creativity is the use of imagination or original ideas to create something. It is inventiveness. It is those that think 'outside of the box' that spur the world on in new and exciting directions; whether that is the sciences, mathematics, humanities or arts. Time to be creative in all these areas should be a necessary part of education, and supported.

@londoncalling7895

6 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Rood exactly. creativity becomes Art when it Trancends it's materials. it's not inventiveness.

@MatthewAshworth

6 жыл бұрын

@ Rosie S: Very true. If we look to science for example, it's the ones who took on experimental ideas, thought outside the box, used their imagination, and challenged the conventions and authority are the ones who had helped humanity to make leaps forward, the likes of Tesla, Einstein, Newton, da Vinci. They were visionaries, and one has to be creative and imaginative to be a good visionary.

@christofeles63

5 жыл бұрын

I'm an accountant and my balanced books are as much a window on the transcendent as anything Rodin ever sculpted...

@shortanoar

5 жыл бұрын

you're so right ,I work in a hands on repair trade that requires individual problem solving as per job and after 35 years of mental and physical gymnastics there is no box and I'm considered a god in my trade :)

@punkisinthedetails1470

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Define creative. Any combination of Art Science and Engineering and any form of design that manifests in a positive useful significant change to your environment is creative. There are careers to be had in all.

I can attest to the dying portion, ever since I sold my music gear and stopped playing music I had been deeply depressed, suicidal and shut out to all of the open and creative friends. Though I may not be the best just making something and getting ideas out has made my life immeasurably better.

It's difficult at times being creative and seeing absolutely nobody react to it or give you any feedback. I spend a lot of time being creative on my social media page. It's amazing that one line jokes and memes get so much attention but something beautiful and deep gets nothing. Society in general is extremely shallow.

@Jwaydanofficial

Жыл бұрын

It's a reflection of people's lack of intelligence, depth and non existent sensitivity and attention span. It has nothing to do with the quality of your work. I have exactly the same struggle. Keep creating anyway 💗do it for you. The feedback will come eventually xxx

@rabidL3M0NS

Жыл бұрын

It’s so true… I’ve been creating art for years but never posted it online or shared it with anyone.. I don’t really know why, I guess I just create it for myself, I can’t survive without creating art. for the past two years I haven’t been creating anything, just fallen into a black hole of self inflicted death towards my soul… here’s hoping the relativistic jet is within my reach.

@symix.

Жыл бұрын

@@Jwaydanofficial WHAT? I STRONGLY disagree. Who the fuck uses social media for "connection" or any meaningful stuff? Its ONLY real purpose is entertainment for majority. If I want to have actually meaningful and deep converstation, I go talk face to face with someone, you gotta be a fucking tool if you condinser social media deep, unless you mean deep as self centricity

@symix.

Жыл бұрын

@@rabidL3M0NS Yep, because you dont create it with goal of getting validation, but for relaxing/creating itself, sounds great.

@Lyonessi

Жыл бұрын

Well a lot of memes work of being relatable and familer and that which is relatable and familer easily gets our attention. It can take intentional seeking to notice something great and deeply meaningful. Looking at most social media interfaces, they're not designed for you to linger on a post for a long time as you would an art piece at a museum. It's the instantly gratifying that wins the most attention.

Thank you Peterson. You gave me a reason to believe in my creativity again and not feel guilty that I'm wasting my time. My schooling only valued sportsmanship and academics and left me feeling like what's the point of being artistic. I even had a teacher tell me on careers day "you can't be an artist for a living." But it's inbuilt in me. I can't stop being creative, because it's all I really have.

@HighLanderPonyYT

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a bad teacher. Good luck!

One of the hardest-hitting quotes in this whole piece is that "it's nearly impossible to monetize creative action". You'd think with hundreds of years of well-documented proof of the value of a good art and aesthetic, artists would be more commodified or valued assets in a corporate environment (although I say that realizing some artists would be appalled by the idea). I think this really speaks to just how myopic businesses can get, the benefits are too intangible and just don't chart right.

@alexanderwood3465

3 жыл бұрын

Fully agree with this, there's nothing wrong with monetizing the products of creativity. But the trick is, to create something of such quality that it sells on its own reputation, rather than doing what a lot of creatives do now and obsess over statistics/figures and try to mould their work to fit that

As a custom home builder, designer, and Canadian , I was able to relate to this on so many levels. These are good words, Mr. Peterson. It’s a daily struggle for me to bring beauty to this country. People’s aesthetic and understanding of quality is so underwhelming

@friedlemon5172

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you haven't given up on your mission

This very day I told someone that for me, art was a route to the divine. Why was I stunned to learn that Dr Peterson understands that, AS WELL as all the rest? The man has validated my life in a few words. Gratitude is an inadequate concept.

He is bang on about Canadians having a fear of beauty! I am in the wedding industry as a designer and tabletop stylist and I constantly confront the lack of beauty in the industry. Everything is over the top and overdone bordering on vulgarity. There is little comprehension of balance and harmony, especially in proportions! There are very few venues that exude that old world grace and charm of European architecture and decorative elements. Most clients and designers choose these large vacant sheels for their space like banquet halls and industrial warehouses or barns (a new fad!). It is so frustrating for me to look at what Europe is doin in the wedding industry and how we pale in comparison. When I try to show my clients or colleagues the altrnative to a stifled and repressed beauty there is so much aversion. Beauty is seen as pompous or ostentatious and something tht needs to be simplified. They always tend to land between the two extremes - simple like peasants or eccentrically outlandish and tacky. Where is the in between?

@draconianwarking

5 жыл бұрын

You are leaving out what a pain in the ass it is to set up your complicated "beautiful" tabletop/banquet designs

@hunkydory3521

5 жыл бұрын

I thought he said ”duty”

@billmoyer3254

5 жыл бұрын

get over yourself

@zutknacka216

5 жыл бұрын

I hear you. At the same time, I think there’s a place for barn and warehouse weddings; there’s beauty in those, albeit a different kind, and we (Canada) are an agricultural and industrial country after all. I’d be grateful to be decorating a barn or a warehouse rather than the venue I’m taxed with this summer - a community centre hall with zero architectural beauty and no windows.

@GuitarRulezd00d97

5 жыл бұрын

look up the swedish word 'lagom'. i've found this cultural aspect of scandinavia throughout other european countries, they believe in balance of all things :D

I feel half dead most of the time.

@reackizback

6 жыл бұрын

I feel mostly dead but only half of the time

@limnovae7692

6 жыл бұрын

I feel most of the time but I'm half dead

@johnyzero2000

5 жыл бұрын

I often feel sad and disliked that is why I draw all the time. The pictures are always bright, colorful and cheerful.

@Superkerl1

5 жыл бұрын

Nice. Now you can get reborn, my friend. Be a phoenix. °-°

@Firespectrum122

5 жыл бұрын

Corporate Western Society: "What kind of job you want, fam?" Creative People: "Just fuck my shit up."

I'm an artist/college student (engineering)... and I've managed to make some of my artworks monetizable; however, I hope to be more than that, a professional in the field that I love so much. The sad part is that many factors are always keeping me in the engineering path, which I believe will kill my soul if I stay in it any longer. I aim to graduate, yet I thirst for a place where I can be both creative and sustainable. I thank Dr. Jordan Peterson for keeping me sane.

@mrnoodle999

3 жыл бұрын

Art + engineering = design

@ambusher8675

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrnoodle999 could always do video game design

Creativity is what pushes society forward at its best

i left a design job working for an architect to follow a path of spiritual healing ( the best decision ever ! cuz i have had amazing experiences and growth ) it is always worth it to risk and stay true to yourself

All that value yet most artists can't make a dime.

@sonicseducer69

6 жыл бұрын

The Rich Rose except that's not true. Anybody that can't market themselves or isn't practical as well as creative can't. If all you do is spend weeks on one painting and want a month's pay for it, let's say a couple thousand dollars, good luck with that unless you're already pretty well established and have sold paintings for near that amount. You can't put all your eggs in one basket. I'm an aspiring artist and musician and when I start doing it full time I know it will work out, not getting rich but surviving at least, because I want to create in almost every medium and also record and play live music regularly, solo and with a band, and the money I get here and there from all that will be enough and that versatility won't leave me hanging in the balance of 'if I don't sell this piece for a lot of money within x amount of time I'll be homeless'. People are so fast to write art and artists off and that's a huge problem. Like even artists that do it as a hobby can make "a dime". It's all about finding the right audience.

@richspizzaparty

6 жыл бұрын

dman you missed my point, which ironically is your 3rd to last sentence.

@sonicseducer69

6 жыл бұрын

The Rich Rose lol what point were you trying to make? Because to me it read boo hoo artists get no respect or money, which is entirely untrue and pisses me off because it perpetuates the same old starving artist perspective. And that comment comes off that way whether it was sarcastic or not, actually especially if it was supposed to be sarcastic (which is not obvious tbh) and why does it matter because who cares if a bunch of schmucks don't find value in art and don't support artists

@chrisholloway4724

6 жыл бұрын

Hey *I* made a dime! Well, I mean, I found one.

@saprissa30

6 жыл бұрын

The Rich Rose exactly

A floor sweeper can do the work mechanically or with an artistic flourish of the broom. I used to literally sweep floors, but now I'm a professional artist who makes enough to live on. I find Dr. Petersons' lectures fascinating and motivating.

2:37 We need to keep a foot in the transcendent. This is seriously profound and an important way of thinking for moving us into the future safely. NICE!

As a professional self employed artist for over 25 years plus, Jordan's take on creativity in the 'Exploring the Psychology of Creativity' video and probably this one is so accurate that it's almost scary . But since i'm an artist i have this ability to not care at all lol

I've finally accepted my curse, and I'm coming to life.

@sb159132

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@Simon-bc9ch

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@triconcert

22 күн бұрын

Gift - let's get rid of 'curse' because it certainly isn't that

@whatdoyoulivefor735

22 күн бұрын

@@triconcert you're right

This video really refreshed me on the importance of being creative and creativity as a whole. Jordan really helps me remind myself about things I'm slacking the understanding of.

This is very true. I noticed this about myself when I was 15 or 16. When I'm not able to be creative, I suffer.

As artist, I totally agree. You just die inside if you're not able to express your art.

I've never been a lover of Christianity but I've always appreciated their amazing buildings.

@culturecoroner

5 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry if you’ve been turned off by Christians or representations of Christianity that you’ve run into over the course of your life. I find Christianity to be the most beautiful, epic romance. The beauty and majesty of the buildings and art just pale in comparison to the ineffable splendor of the Trinity. In a moment of quiet, consider asking God, should He exist, to make Himself known to you. Wishing you ALL the good things, brother. You’re in my prayers.

@juliussw9153

5 жыл бұрын

M Liu This whole idea that we should be grateful servants is a glorification of feudalism and antagonistic to liberalism. If a goal of your religion is to spread it, then I am not interested. The bible even draws a metaphor between Jesus and a shepherd. You have seriously limited your existence, if you are willing to take role as a sheep.

@DrummerJay74

5 жыл бұрын

@@juliussw9153 for the win.

@ColombianThunder

4 жыл бұрын

@M Liu i don't think people inherently hate christianity or the message of Christ. They hate the people that follow him because many of them are often quite mean and ironically don't fully follow his message of love.

@remychadwick2467

4 жыл бұрын

Julius Sw everyone is a sheep in some way or other. You can’t avoid it, everyone serves a master. But you can choose which shepherd to trust. It’s an incredibly freeing, safe and hopeful feeling to have Jesus as a shepherd. He is the only master who will genuinely put his life on the line for you.

I have spent the last 3 years going against my true self. I was pursuing a career that I knew would get me a job right at the very end, but it wasn't what I truly wanted to do and I was unhappy. Jordan Peterson, you made me realise why I was so unhappy. It was because in this job, I lost my creative voice. Actually, I didn't even have a voice, I was always just following orders. It took me most of my 20's to figure this out, but as I head into my late 20's I'm now being an active player in this game of life and I'm trying to be the person who I know myself to be. A creative at heart. Thankyou!

This comment section is full of bright people talking about their inspirations and what really make them pursuit something more! I wish a room full of you people

"More tourists in France than there are people" True

@charlenefoti689

6 жыл бұрын

YOUR FUCKING USERNAME LMAO

@mersauff223

5 жыл бұрын

InCaseOfEmergency EatAss impossible but still... a staggering amount of tourists

@PabloPerroPerro

5 жыл бұрын

You have no idea just how many animals visit France each year for recreational purposes!

@H0kram

5 жыл бұрын

Way too much.

@DrummerJay74

5 жыл бұрын

tourists are people too guys

Jordan P, you are the best. We are blessed to have someone so concerned with the whole of everyone through individual change. Love it!

Some things I don't agree with sometimes or understand. But this guy's passion is slowly winning me over.

I love how he talks about the significance of beauty, not of people but of things, experiences, feelings..

Wonderfully said. It's nice to hear someone speaking on this frequency.

Thank you for your passionate defence and appreciation of art and the artist. You keep going up in my estimation the more I understand where you are coming from.

Thank you so much. Like most creative people I often question the utility of my creative effort. This is what I needed to hear.

3:35 Had to google this because I couldn’t believe and it just brought me to tears. I can’t imagine the resolve or ambition or mind you would have to have to even concept this but it’s just indescribable to me. I’m just speechless but man this moved me so much on an emotional level, I can only ever dream of ever even being capable of imagining something on this scale

He's right about creatives dying when they can't create. I had a really good and profitable life as a photographer. But an accident put an end to all of it ten years ago. I also used to cook like a pro, but I can't do that any longer. My wife described me to a friend as a shell of my former self. And it's true because that's how I feel. Spot on Jordan.

@KevinTPLim

8 ай бұрын

Hmm... are there any other ways you can still create, or perhaps ways to learn to create anew in some other mode? Hope you find your spark again 😊

@FriendofDorothy

3 ай бұрын

then decorate or paint the "shell" and carry on with your creativity.

I like to define myself as a creative person and I didnt hesitate to take arquitecture as a career of choice because it involves creativity and its also very well paid.

5 years ago I had gone through a long term relationship breakup, the toughest thing I had endured emotionally and mentally. 5 years later I still struggle. but I found that reigniting my passion for story telling and video game ideas and letting out my creative sparks has kept me alive and somewhat with energy.

I love the way he talks, the enthrallment it is brilliant.

i bought a cheap house, renovated it from the money i got in every month, if i would buy my house now i would have to pay about 400 euros more per month for it.. the money saved after it was done. i spended that on a workshop in my garden. i slowly bought all that i want.. welder , lathe. plate bender, plasma cutter, cold saw, milling machine etc. now i have allot of projects from fixing random stuff people ask for, industrial furniture, machines for a friend who wanted to start a chocolate company etc. and when i see this video i think damn yea.. i have many goals. and i really worked for that. i used to think about selling this house and buy a new fixer upper. but no.. i just want my workshop, my girl wants a nice house, we have airconditioner, fireplace, diy jacuzzi *very decent nice one;) solar panels. no i can have my new projects in my workshop and maybe one day start a company myself. videos like this keep me on track ;)

@SeokJinKim-gs2in

3 жыл бұрын

Nice share, a year long comment but nice. Another reminder to keep you on track :D

@blackdaan

3 жыл бұрын

​@@SeokJinKim-gs2in update: sold that house with a profit of 127,5K euros.. i bought again a fixer upper, its a house with 26 garages that are rented out. and a shop. my gf would like to open a kinder garden there. for me its fixing up the house first (heating isolating solar panels, new kitchen new bathroom).. than put in electric garage doors in the garages. and hang camera protection. and only the people who rent can come on my property with a other garage door. and than i can be financial indepentend. and than focus on my projects again. helping my gf with starting her business. and than mine..

Inspiring video! One way creative people have found to make a living is to find a practical application for their art. In a success-driven world that is consumed by reaching productivity targets and capital growth, I use graphic design, web design and art direction (creative project management) as a creative outlet. True, it is difficult to hunt down people to purchase art prints and paintings as fine art is still a limited field that most don't appreciate, but there is a way to make it work for those who are willing to combine their artistic and technical skills :)

@itannoysme3348

6 жыл бұрын

yeah, what you are describing is called selling out.

@Captain_MonsterFart

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah well integrity don't pay the rent

@missionpupa

4 жыл бұрын

@@itannoysme3348 on contraire. Do you just make art for yourself? If you really care about what you do, you would want a lot of people to see it. Then why not make money out of it, is it selling out to know the value of your work? Are you lying to someone? You have a very bad mentality.

It's nice to be appreciated. The way he talks about the value of creativity is on point.

appreciate this video and the recognition for what art is - a window into the transcendent

You know I'm a big fan of capitalism for building infrastructure and growing food, but damn if it doesn't conflict with artistic integrity. All of our movies and novels have become mass produced, mass marketed commodities that utterly fail to move people and fade from memory after opening weekend... Maybe artistic ventures need some other way to fund them, something that removes them from normal market pressures?

@mythnow

6 жыл бұрын

I think the future of art museums(if they want to survive and be relevant) is to turn more into carnivals or circuses... -but "thoughtful" circuses so that they dispense wisdom(myth) (like what is in Dr. Peterson's lectures.) People need to have a taste of the old with a taste of the new so that they can ease into new territory. Meow Wolf in new mexico or Burning Man are good examples of what future museums will look like. Art is going to be so rad in the next 20 years!B)

@r0n1n-

6 жыл бұрын

Man just look at how the Game of Thrones show dumped down from sky to land since season 4 just because the pressure to rush it and split away from the books. I was deeply disappointed and I wonder if we will ever see another great potential for a decade at least.

@TheShiz9797

6 жыл бұрын

Capitalism works wonderfully in a society that is mostly self employed and where wealth isn't concentrated into the hands of a few elites. Unfortunately that time has long passed in America and we are currently living in late stage capitalism.

@Martin-ut8gm

6 жыл бұрын

There actually some decent moving films out there, at least at an intellectual level, admittedly most of them are independently produced or didn't do well in cinemas, and they are relatively few compared to the amount of shit put into the chum bucket each year, but if you look for it you'll always find it

@cokedupnormies2651

6 жыл бұрын

Mark Baber Critics, and genuine ones, like Anthony Fantano and music, or 24 Frames Of Nick and movies, etc.

Great speech! It’s hard to get by as a creative person, but it’s good to remember that these things have value.

have been feeling lost for the longest time and recently decided to do my art full-time, so this video popping up on my feed today does bring me somewhat of a reassurance.. :')

Wow, the most beautiful clip on the depth of creativity and it's importance. God bless you Jordan Peterson 🤗🤗🤗

3:26 "The sangría familia" would be on Mallorca or Ibiza where German and English tourists come to get themselfes royally pissed drunk. But if you're looking for the sagrada familia you can find her in Barcelona ;)

I know what he's talking about here; I have _Dogs Playing Poker_ hanging on my wall.

@boutchie06

6 жыл бұрын

What would JP's take on that be?

@dylanmuniz7321

5 жыл бұрын

such a classic

@emmettlester739

5 жыл бұрын

Fuck yeah

@Algorithm.

5 жыл бұрын

Same here bro, classic.

@skeezix8156

5 жыл бұрын

Dogs playing poker on black velvet is my Van Gogh Sunflowers.

I wish there were a way for all great and creative people to come together. I know there are others out there in the world but it seem we're so far apart. Almost like feeling alone and surrounded by people that don't care to the point you give up again.

@itsyah

5 жыл бұрын

P.S. for example I am finding this a year later, and to top it off great things like this only get about 900-1k comments while brain less and unhelpful things get hundred thousands of comments. It's baffling and disheartening at the same time. But thank you for great messages like this for the ones that can use it and still appreciate it ✊🏾

Omg... wow great timing... I really needed this

Gave me chills to hear Dr. Peterson speak about cathedrals and the sacred tragedy of Man

This is incredible, I love this! As an artist (writer) this speaks to me so much!

1:55 best critic, of us, Canadian I've heard ever. Love it.

Beautiful, I love this. It resonates with me so much. Creativity makes me happy above all else. I have made a living out of my creativity but it isn’t easy. Love the passion of this video ❤️

Resplendent wisdom expressed in poetic prose.

I felt this to the core! I'm am artist and I haven't done any art in years 😔

the most coherent i've seen him speak. This monologue has truly inspired me.

@FriendofDorothy

3 ай бұрын

I think a lot of people agree with you but won't say so because they don't want any online heat. He is, after all, the current Taylor Swift of influencers although he has a LOT of competition, some of whom are woefully miscast as influencers.

I like how the answer is exactly what you’d think it would be but it’s how he gets there thats so intriguing.

Maaan, that passion about the subject!

one of the most important videos on KZread

THANK YOU JORDAN I NEEDED THIS. I am building 800 square feet coffered drop ceiling myself and as Europan living, in Canada, I hate drywall and wanted to make something European and classy and it takes me months and sometimes I am about to cry how hard it is and regretting starting it but it is coming along and at the end, my recording studio will look amazing. I will keep pushing.

What a perfect stream of consciousness. Thank you Dr Peterson.

"money isn't everything eventually you will die"- Diego

@missionpupa

4 жыл бұрын

Some people chase money for security so they can do things they enjoy doing in their spare time, like playing the guitar, watching movies, making art etc.. Its funny when they could have just done that in the first place and get paid for it.

@rageraptor7127

2 жыл бұрын

Money isn’t everything, but you need it to do basic everyday life. It’s a tool to help you reach your goal, not the goal itself. Regardless of what your goal is in life. Money will be key aspect of achieving it. The problem lies with those who misconstrued the meaning of money and instead treat it as their main goal. (Greed)

As a Canadian I see a lot of utilitarian design. More and more as you get farther north. Our most expensive buildings seem to be designed more by an Engineering aspect of beauty than a Architectural beauty. I'm sure the required speed of the build has prevented a lot of creativity from the Architects side.

@calmrealm4803

5 жыл бұрын

Damn right!

@ahobimo732

5 жыл бұрын

@Bullyhunterxhunter EXACTLY! I think a lot of the problem in Canada is tje harsh climate. We don't think much about making things beautiful, because we're more concerned with making things that will help us not starve or freeze to death in January.

Great clip. So true. I abandoned all creativity over a decade ago and I've felt more and more dead every day. I can't seem to respark that fire.