Chris Collins argues that treating creativity as a rare gift keeps most people from trying. When we believe only the naturally talented can create, people without early obvious skill stop before they start, reinforcing the myth that creativity is predetermined.
Where do people get it wrong when it comes to creativity? Several things I think happen. We culturally have a peculiar penumbra around creativity, the arts, singing, writing, creating visual art, you know, these creative things, that they are special gifts and that only certain people have them. And that if you have it, you have it. And this manifests itself really early where you're either a very good artist, right? Or a very good singer, or have a natural talent for acting, or you don't. And the way our thinking is structured, we tend to just excise these people or they self-excise themselves very early.
