1. MYTH: Creativity is about making something out of nothing.
REALITY: Creativity is about making connections between existing things.

2. MYTH: Creativity is something you DO and HAVE
REALITY: Creativity is something you ARE.

3. MYTH: Creativity is about making the material come to you.
REALITY: Creativity is about unblocking the flow of what's already there.

4. MYTH: Writer's block is the greatest enemy to creativity.
REALITY: Thinker's block is the greatest enemy to creativity.

5. MYTH: There is an official "process" to creativity.
REALITY: There are many processes to creativity, each of which has many different layers.

6. MYTH: Creativity comes (primarily) from hard work and (partially) from inspiration.
REALITY: Creativity comes equally from forcing yourself to create AND harnessing inspiration when it crosses your path.

7. MYTH: You can teach people to become more creative.
REALITY: You can ONLY teach people how to harness their inherent creativity AND create an environment that fosters creativity.

8. MYTH: Creativity is a skill.
REALITY: Creativity is a skill AND an attitude AND a lifestyle AND a thought process AND a way of being.

9. MYTH: Creativity is about getting your "one big idea."
REALITY: Creativity is about constantly having lots of ideas, big and small; good and bad.

10. MYTH: Creativity is something you apply to your work.
REALITY: Creativity is something you apply to EVERYTHING, as it is a way of approaching and encountering the world.

11. MYTH: Creativity is about thinking.
REALITY: Creativity is about thinking AND listening AND observing AND watching AND surrendering AND noticing patterns AND combining AND asking AND plucking AND scanning AND receiving.

12. MYTH: Creativity is something you control.
REALITY: Creativity is something that you received from a higher power because you selflessly listened and surrendered to it.

13. MYTH: Creativity comes from chaotic, unstructured, non-linear thinking.
REALITY: Creativity comes from chaotic, unstructured, non-linear thinking COMBINED with small touches of occasional structure.

14. MYTH: Creativity is something you just turn on when needed.
REALITY: Creativity is a muscle that gets stronger with increased use and must be practiced as a daily non-negotiable that is as regular and normal as breathing.

15. MYTH: Creativity is about completing specific pieces.
REALITY: Creativity is about contributing to a lifelong body of work.

16. MYTH: Creativity is about coming up with lots of ideas all the time.
REALITY: Creativity is about maintaining a healthy balance between idea creation and idea judgment.

17. MYTH: The purpose of creativity is to make stuff.
REALITY: The purpose is to grow your soul.

18. MYTH: Creativity is about making something nobody else has ever made.
REALITY: Creativity is about giving people new eyes, not new landscapes.

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