Creativity is misunderstood, because the result is often given more weight than the process.
That's partly because so many people are involved in the event, in the process of living and breathing at the same moment. Keith Jarrett Pianist Keith Jarrett is one of the jazz world's most prolific and ambitious artists. Writer Keith Goetzman spoke with him about his creative process. And that actually is the answer. When I play pure improvisation, any kind of intellectual handles are inappropriate because they get in the way of letting the river move where it's supposed to move.