Being Creative is a Skill

Being creative isn’t some magical gift given from the heavens.  Creativity is mostly practice over time and gaining skills through that practice.  

Artists aren’t born being able to paint anything they want.  They spend hours and hours painting.  They have pieces that they have to throw out because they are no good and can’t be salvaged.  

When you see a piece of art you love, please do not congratulate the maker on their “talent”.  Because there is no way that they were born with that ability.  They went through blood, sweat and tears to get to the point where they could achieve a result they were proud of.  These are skills.  Skills that can be practiced and improved.