But are these creative careers only available to the gifted few?
Most ideas about creativity being an elusive muse just aren’t accurate.
This post originally appeared on theCrew blog.
The muse simply showed up and he was ready.
The letter is a fraud.
We’ve built up an image of what creativity is that is completely wrong.
Either you’ve got it or you don’t.
But is there really any truth to these age old adages?
But still the myth persists.
Nowadays, we’ve come to expect the children of celebrities and creatives to inherit their parents' talents.
“But I’m a right-brain thinker!
I’m creative!”
Not according tomodern neuroscientistswho now wholeheartedly deny the existence of any sole section of the brain that controls creativity.
Creativity comes in small steps.
It’s not something that happen instantaneously.
Afraid of putting in a little hard work?
The muse comes when she’s ready and you have no control over when or how this happens.
So that Eureka moment isn’t so special after all.
What it is, is just the culmination of hard work and previous thoughts.
It’s the result of showing up and doing the work, not sitting around and waiting for inspiration.
Creativity comes from working;from showing up.
Time and time again, famous creatives mention putting in the work as being the key to creative success.
AsKevin Ashtonwrote inHow to Fly a Horse:
“Time is the raw material of creation.
It’s no surprise that he’s alone.
The mental image of the lone creative toiling into the long hours of the night has becoming almost archetypal.
In fact,one storygoes so far as to say that C.S.
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In the Renaissance, however, humans were finally thought capable of creating beautiful masterpieces.
Throughout history, creativity and creation has been a line drawn in the sandsomething that separates classes and types.
But what line of thinking has persisted through all of these examples?
That creativity is reserved for those with the time and means to do so.
It’s easy to hide your work away because you think you’re not good enough.
Andy Warhol put it best when he asked: “Why do people think artists are special?
It’s just another job.”
