CMU School of Drama


Tuesday, March 03, 2026

Is everyone capable of creativity? Yes

Fast Company: We have a complicated relationship with creativity. Intuitively, we understand its value—the ability to produce new ideas and novel innovation. Instinctively, we know that it presents opportunities for marketplace advancements. When we think of some of the most revered organizations in modern times, like the Apples and Disneys of the world, we point to their creative contributions and their impact.

1 comment:

Maxwell Hamilton said...

I really hate this mentality, that creativity is this sort of skill that you have to develop. That theres a process to art that makes you more creative if you approach it in this way instead. Like the whole beauty of what makes artists artists. Is the fact that it's not a process, and it's not forced. I think a lot of people have started taking there art careers a little too seriously in this regard. That theres some sort of need to have a system, or organized way of the "next project" To me whenever I make something I'm never considering the "next project" or how I can improve my creative flow for the next thing. This isn't a job, I'm not on some sort of assembly line, and it's this mentality that you have to follow this is exactly why people struggle to make pieces that are seriously enjoyable to make, and accurately represent that artists interests.