I have been in a meditative mood this weekend, mainly thinking about creativity and what it is.  How can a person be "more creative" if she doesn't have a good sense of of creativity is?  I don't believe it is primarily related to ideas like talent, imagination, innovation, inspiration etc.  That is not the true nature of creativity. 
 
I believe that creativity is essentially the special fruit of a person's decision to matter.

You don't climb Mt. Everest because you have a talent for climbing, or you don't lay down your life for your child because you have a talent for dying.  Neither do you paint because you have a talent for painting. 

No, you prepare yourself in a million ways to do the climb, and because of love you would sacrifice yourself for your child.  You paint for similar reasons - out of burning desire, or because it has come into your heart that painting is a profound way to make meaning.  You have decided that it, and you, matter.  You have decided to matter.

Now you enter into a particular self-relationship.  But more on that tomorrow.  I must feed the dogs.