{"id":137639,"date":"2021-04-27T17:13:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T15:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=137639"},"modified":"2021-04-27T17:13:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T15:13:39","slug":"daniel-j-watts-let-the-paint-dry-a-lesson-in-creativity-career-and-patience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=137639","title":{"rendered":"Daniel J. Watts: &#8220;Let the paint dry&#8221; \u2014 a lesson in creativity, career and patience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_j_watts_let_the_paint_dry_a_lesson_in_creativity_career_and_patience\"> <\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-ted wp-block-embed-ted wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Daniel J. Watts: &quot;Let the paint dry&quot; -- a lesson in creativity, career and patience\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_j_watts_let_the_paint_dry_a_lesson_in_creativity_career_and_patience\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As theaters closed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the creatives who populated their stages were plunged into a state of seemingly endless uncertainty. Aided by a delightful and metaphorically resonant piece of performance art, multidisciplinary artist Daniel J. Watts shares a personal perspective on reframing this moment of global stasis as an opportunity to reset and reflect on the potential of what comes after.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As theaters closed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the creatives who populated their stages were plunged into a state of seemingly endless uncertainty. Aided by a delightful and metaphorically resonant piece of performance art, multidisciplinary artist Daniel J. Watts shares a personal perspective on reframing this moment of global stasis as an opportunity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[221],"tags":[534,3464],"class_list":["post-137639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presentations","tag-creativity","tag-pandemic"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":147226,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=147226","url_meta":{"origin":137639,"position":0},"title":"When the Lion Faces the Mirror","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"16\/06\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"What Are We Rewarding? 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