{"id":54803,"date":"2021-11-14T14:37:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T18:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=54803"},"modified":"2026-01-22T17:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T21:29:32","slug":"creative-genius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/creative-genius\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Creative Genius Is Outside of You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you believe everyone has a creative genius inside? Or do you think creativity is the prerogative of the lucky few?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her book <em>Big Magic<\/em>, Elizabeth Gilbert advises that you view your creative genius as an entity that exists outside of you which occasionally graces you with visits. This perspective, she says, helps you to hang on to your creative freedom over the long term by reducing personal responsibility for brilliance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article, we&#8217;ll explore Gilbert&#8217;s concept of creative genius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-view-your-genius-as-a-separate-entity\"><strong>View Your Genius as a Separate Entity<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gilbert stresses the importance of seeing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/your-genius\/\">your genius<\/a> as something outside of yourself, rather than as an identity you inhabit, to avoid anguish around your work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If, says Gilbert, you see yourself as singularly responsible for your work, when you produce something bad, you\u2019ll feel the weight of that failure rests solely on your shoulders. You\u2019ll frame this as a personal shortcoming, and this may stymie you or put you off creative work altogether.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conversely, writes Gilbert, if something you make is exceptional, and you\u2019re hailed as a \u201cgenius,\u201d you\u2019ll be burdened by the need to uphold that title. You\u2019ll feel pressure to forever produce groundbreaking work, which is simply not possible for any human. This pressure may become so great that you never create again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of taking either above route, if you see yourself as simply \u201cworking with what you have,\u201d says Gilbert, you\u2019ll be able to distance yourself from sub-par work and frame it merely as something completed without your genius. This will allow you to engage with a new project with less self-reproach and anguish.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Does \u201cGenius\u201d Even Exist?<\/strong>&#8221;<br><br>Kevin Ashton, a noted technologist who coined the phrase \u201cinternet of things,\u201d argues in his book <em>How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention and Discovery<\/em> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2015\/06\/23\/167494\/debunking-the-genius-myth\/\">genius is nothing more than hard work combined with trial and error<\/a>. Ashton draws on his own lived experience to come to this conclusion: He worked for several years for MIT and realized that the great intellects studying and researching there were simply using normal patterns of thought and discovery to lead them to big breakthroughs.&nbsp;<br><br>Renouncing the concept of the genius may help you cope with the mental hurdles around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/failure-is-a-part-of-success\/\">success and failure<\/a> which Gilbert mentions: When you succeed, you won\u2019t feel the pressure to repeat that success, as you know it may not be humanly possible to do so\u2014you\u2019re no genius, after all. Similarly, if you fail, you won\u2019t feel as badly, as you know you\u2019re only human and not capable of succeeding all the time.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-always-work-hard-genius-or-no\"><strong>Always Work Hard, Genius or No<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Whether or not your creative genius is around, says Gilbert, always work hard on your idea<\/strong>. Not only is your genius an entity with its own will, but it\u2019s also not very reliable. It can provide you with hours of fruitful, fulfilling inspiration, or it can remain at a distance for years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you wait until your genius strikes before getting serious, an idea may lose patience and leave you, claims Gilbert.<strong> <\/strong>It\u2019s better to develop a disciplined practice and independent motivation to work and let genius come when it wants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Substituting Help From Your Genius with Good Habits<\/strong><br><br>Gilbert describes the importance of putting in the creative work even when your genius doesn\u2019t show up to help you. But this can be hard to do: It can feel like a slog to work without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/hub\/society-culture\/arts\/creative-inspiration\/\">creative inspiration<\/a>, which is what the genius allegedly provides.<br>\u00a0<br>One way to make it easier to invest that creative time when you don\u2019t feel particularly inspired is by establishing strong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/creative-habits\/\">creative habits<\/a>. In <em>Atomic Habits, <\/em>James Clear writes that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/atomic-habits\/1-page-summary\">when you put in place extremely specific habits, you remove the need for outside inspiration or an internal feeling of motivation<\/a>.\u00a0<br><br>You might consider putting in place a specific creative habit like \u201cwork on my canoe for forty-five minutes every morning starting at seven. Then, reward myself with a cup of coffee.\u201d This way, you don\u2019t have to think about working on the canoe or even feel like working on the canoe to do so; the habit makes you do it automatically. Genius can join you if it wants, but it\u2019s not needed.\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you believe everyone has a creative genius inside? Or do you think creativity is the prerogative of the lucky few?&nbsp; In her book Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert advises that you view your creative genius as an entity that exists outside of you which occasionally graces you with visits. 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