Creative inspiration: a reading from How to Fly a Horse, by Kevin Ashton
Channel: Narrative Podcasts
Date: 2023-10-06

In his excellent book on the creative process, How to Fly a Horse, Kevin Ashton dismantles some myths and falsehoods about creativity that if you're like me, you've struggled with. Two of these limiting ideas are first, that creativity is only for geniuses or specially gifted people, and second, that creativity is about some special kind of thinking or "Eureka!" moment. 

In this inspiring and beautifully-written passage, he sums up the thesis of the book, and makes a memorable case that no, creativity is for all of us! But we have to be willing to put in the work. 

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Website: https://www.howtoflyahorse.com

P.S. did you guess the four great creators he alludes to near the end of the passage? J.K. Rowling, Stephen King, Voltaire, and Einstein.