The accountant who builds a spreadsheet nobody else could think of is an artist. Creativity doesn’t need a canvas.

CREATIVITY

WHAT THIS MEANS

Creativity is a way of working rather than a category of output, and confining it to the recognised art forms leaves most of it unnamed. Building a structure nobody else would have arrived at is the same act whether the medium is paint or a set of columns. The materials change and the thinking does not.

Look at where the inventive part of your week actually happens, including at work. Give that part more room and more credit, instead of waiting until evening to start counting.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Where does your ordinary work leave room for invention?

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