Write of Passage Weekly - Everyone is a creator

You are a creator. 

Creation comes out of us the same way a flower must bloom in the spring, the same way that a bird must build a nest.

Creating isn’t just something we do; it’s who we are. If building a nest is a bird’s way of bird-ing, then creating is a human’s way of human-ing. It’s not a rare ability reserved for those trained in traditional arts or an extraordinary talent that some are born with while others aren’t.

“The object isn’t to make art, it’s to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.” — Robert Henri

To create is to bring something of value out from the vast pile of randomness. It is our perception and reaction to the world that makes anything into something. Whether or not we are formally trained in the arts, we are all constantly collecting information and making something meaningful out of it. We do so because it’s beautiful, because we want to tell stories and teach each other, and because we want to inspire. 

This is the inner-artist: the human who yearns to create.