It happened again. A very thoughtful, kind, well-meaning person referred to me as “gifted.”
Actually, she referred to me as “multi-gifted.” In the context of sharing me and my work with her community.
It was a lovely, generous expression, and I’m grateful for the generous and loving intention behind it.
But I confess it also frustrates me at the same time.
Because calling me out as “multi-gifted” may lead people to think that creativity is something that inheres in me, in my “special giftedness.”
And that is not true.
And yet, people believe it to be true.
People believe that creativity resides only in special, “gifted” individuals.
And the more people believe that, the less likely they are to see creativity as residing in themselves. To see themselves as containers for creative possibility.
And my ENTIRE MESSAGE is that each and every human on the planet is [Read more…]
Today I’m sharing some thoughts that were inspired by a fellow artist and blogger, 
I remember, back in 1994, the first time I went to an art store as an adult.
