Does Artistry lead to Anguish?

"Eat, Pray, Love" Author Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses. In the TEDtalks video below she explores negative attitudes towards creativity. She asks "Is it logical that anybody should be expected to be afraid of the work that they were put on this earth to do?" Gilbert suggests that we have "interanlised and accepted collectively the notion that creativity and suffering are inherently linked and that artistry will ultimately lead to anguish." The perpetuation of this negative assumption could be the reason why we persuade our kids to become involved in anything other than creativity. Gilbrt takes a look at ancient Rome and Greece in an effort to overcome this negativity. ELIZABETH GILBERT ON CREATIVITY