What is the role of the artist? - Artists on Creativity, Improvisation & the Search for Meaning

Our creative lives are shaped by those who come before us. But where does creativity come from? Today, we hear from voices across the arts and sciences. The visual artists exploring emotions through imagery: Eric Fischl, Donald Sultan, Anthony White, Lee Jaffe, and Gloria Pacis. Director Benh Zeitlin, cinematographer Chayse Irvin, and actor, director, and art historian Peter Weller discuss the beauty of small details hidden in the larger story.We examine jazz and the improvised life with musician and artist Dickie Landry, and author Bruce Evan Barnhart. We speak with former NYTimes Magazine editor Adam Moss on how magazines help us understand and honor the urgency of events like 9/11, while sociologist Richard Sennett, writer Paul Levinson, and scientist Julio Ottino talk about the need for a nexus of creativity across disciplines to meet the challenges of our current moment.(0:00) PETER WELLER (Actor, Director, Musician) Remembers Miles Davis(3:08) CHAYSE IRVIN (Cinematographer, Blonde, BlacKkKlansman) On Imperfection(4:30) LEE JAFFE (Artist, Writer) On Life with Bob Marley and Basquiat(6:02) ERIC FISCHL (Artist)  To Create an Immediate Narrative,  You Need to Have Imbalance(8:02) ADAM MOSS (Fmr. Editor New York Magazine)(12:12) ANTHONY WHITE (Artist)(13:54) DICKIE LANDRY (Musician, Artist) Art, Music and Rauschenberg(16:47) BRUCE EVAN BARNHART (Author) Jazz and Improvisation(18:05) BENH ZEITLIN (Director, Writer of Beasts of the Southern Wild) Freedom, Childhood, Films(20:11) RICHARD SENNETT (Sociologist) Art Can Create or Destroy(21:17) DONALD SULTAN (Artist)(22:59) GLORIA PACIS (Artist) The Dance of Life(24:17) PAUL LEVINSON (Writer)(26:17) JULIO OTTINO (Scientist) The Nexus of Art, Tech, ScienceFor more, listen to their full interviews http://www.creativeprocess.info/podhttp://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews-featured/anth-role-artist