In this video, I explore two very different kinds of artistic creativity: aesthetic creativity and what I call true creativity. Aesthetic creativity is driven by stylistic manners, clever inventiveness, under the supervision of the critical mind. True creativity, on the other hand, comes from a deep, feeling and perhaps even spiritual place — the soul.
These two forms of creativity are not necessarily opposed, but they are different in essence. One can create amazing, excellent, inventive work from the top down — but true artistic power often comes from surrendering to something much more mysterious and heartfelt, coming from the deepest place.
Whether you’re a musician, painter, writer, or any kind of creator, this video may interest you, inviting you to wonder how your creative impulses and processes really work and where they come from.
