Go back far enough and you will find people who were not consumers, people who were not sitting around passively waiting for stuff to happen to them. You will find people who spent their lives making things. This is where you come from. This is where we all come from. Human beings have been creative beings for a really long time—long enough and consistently enough that it appears to be a totally natural impulse.
Absolutely. I suspect that a sense that one has nothing to contribute is the reason so many people creatively check out. And it's not just making art pieces. It extends to being part of solving a business or legal problem, or assembling a vehicle, or fixing a leak.
