Why Creative Success Destroys People
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These are some other vids I mention that you should check out...
SolarSands on Thomas Kinkade:
https://youtu.be/DYnbCRrZn54?si=xLw2nmB9VEP43p_8
Lessons from the Screenplay on Whiplash/Black Swan:
https://youtu.be/ba-CB6wVuvQ?si=3fOEi6EcCw9PNgTW
All content directed, written and (partially) edited by John Mauriello. John Mauriello has been working professionally as an industrial designer since 2010. He is a former adjunct professor at California College of the Arts.
Why do so many brilliant artists, desigers, and creative people burn out? In this video, we explore the ways that creative success can slowly destroy the very people we celebrate.
0:00 Intro
1:50 Michelangelo
3:02 Obsession
4:36 Force 1
5:35 Rick Rubin
10:00 Bo Burnham
12:54 AnyDesk. Sponsor
14:00 Thomas Kinkade
22:12 Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
28:24 Black Swan, Whiplash
30:48 Elvis Presley, Amy Winehouse
32:04 Iris Van Herpen, Virgil Abloh
33:50 Destroying the Old
34:15 Running
Sign up to learn more about the design/creativity book that we're going to publish: https://www.studioello.com/mail
BECOME A PATRON: https://www.patreon.com/JohnMauriello
Check out my online industrial design course, Form Fundamentals: https://bit.ly/335vsqO
CHECK OUT MY OTHER SOCIALS:
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/hFw55nh
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/john_mauriello
IG: https://www.instagram.com/mauriellodesign/
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauriellojohn/
These are some other vids I mention that you should check out...
SolarSands on Thomas Kinkade:
https://youtu.be/DYnbCRrZn54?si=xLw2nmB9VEP43p_8
Lessons from the Screenplay on Whiplash/Black Swan:
https://youtu.be/ba-CB6wVuvQ?si=3fOEi6EcCw9PNgTW
All content directed, written and (partially) edited by John Mauriello. John Mauriello has been working professionally as an industrial designer since 2010. He is a former adjunct professor at California College of the Arts.
Why do so many brilliant artists, desigers, and creative people burn out? In this video, we explore the ways that creative success can slowly destroy the very people we celebrate.
0:00 Intro
1:50 Michelangelo
3:02 Obsession
4:36 Force 1
5:35 Rick Rubin
10:00 Bo Burnham
12:54 AnyDesk. Sponsor
14:00 Thomas Kinkade
22:12 Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
28:24 Black Swan, Whiplash
30:48 Elvis Presley, Amy Winehouse
32:04 Iris Van Herpen, Virgil Abloh
33:50 Destroying the Old
34:15 Running
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