Perhaps you should try watching some screencasts with experienced vim users editing text, the speed they can achieve and the level of precision is almost imposs

Perhaps you should try watching some screencasts with experienced vim users editing text, the speed they can achieve and the level of precision is almost impossible in any other editor. It is true that vim is not optimized for ease of use, especially for newcomers, and also has some problems that are considered to be solved for any decent GUI framework. But I don't see how this can affect creativity. Does carbon fiber guitar somehow magically make you more creative? Similarly, does plain old guitar made of wood hinder your creativity? I don't think so.