In “A Brief History of Creativity”, I argued that the story of creativity as we know it in the Western world is a story of divine power, a power that has been removed from some and granted unequally to others. Because of that, we should be suspicious, or at least not take it as a given, when certain people are called "creatives" and not others.... See more

For thousands of years, people outsourced ownership over their creativity to a mythical being. Today, the Muse has been replaced with other ideas: the guru, the industry expert, the case study, the random moments of inspiration, and of course, the best practice. We fall victim to a false belief that we must locate something “out there” in order to

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It's completely possible to believe that in a society where it was mostly unacceptable for women to have radical ideas and intellectual or creative authority, some women unconsciously (or consciously!) deferred ownership of their artistry to a nameless, faceless Spirit. Is this humility, or is it protection?

The artist holds a double-edged sword in... See more