Creativity keeps the world alive, yet, everyday we are asked to be ashamed of honoring it, wanting to live our lives as artists. i’ve carried the shame of being a ‘creative’ since i came to the planet; have been asked to be something different, more, less my whole life. thank spirit, my wisdom is deeper than my shame, and i listened to who i was. i want to say to all the creatives who have been taught to believe who you are is not enough for this world, taught that a life of art will amount to nothing, know that who we are, and what we do is life. when we create, we are creating the world. remember this, and commit. Nayyirah Waheed
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Creativity is the ability to bring forth something new. It is the ability to create something out of nothing. Creativity can be applied to anything, whether it is art, music, fashion, literature or film. It is a gift that most people take for granted, and it has been a gift that all people have used throughout history.

As a society we have always been a society of creators. We have always been a society of artists. However, in most cases, we have also been a society of consumers who demand that our artists conform to our ideas of what an artist should be.

In this case from marketing departments and boards. In short, even though we are all artists in some form, we are still seen as the lesser forms of them.

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