Harald Greve Høiby

When you can call yourself creative

March 13th, 2025

You can call yourself creative if:

1. You made something with your craft today.
2. You released a medium to large “work” in the past year.

1 without 2 is a hobby.

2 without 1 is something you were in the past, not who you are now.

Creative means to create, not to think.

Its okay to not be creative all the time.

It is a privilege, not a necessity.

I find this definition of creative useful, even if it excludes people I consider creative.