Random Acts of Creativity

It turns out, this past Saturday was National Creativity Day. Who knew? While I think it’s terrific that we have a holiday to celebrate the universal human gift of imagination, it made me think that everyday should really be National Creativity Day.

We’ve been led to believe that for something to count as creative, it has to be a masterpiece. A painting by Picasso, a song by Beyoncé, an invention by Elon Musk. While these are all creative works, their magnitude can convince us that our own creat...