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Charles Bukowski begs to differ... [1] (but Charles Bukowski is no ordinary creative) [1] http://zenpencils.com/comic/97-charles-bukowski-air-and-light-and-tim

• kosma 14y ago
  If you are born as a creative person, like Bukowski, you will create this time and space, no matter what. For the rest of us, Cleese tells us about the importance of creating them - while Bukowski warns that they're just a tool, not a solution. Likewise, you buy a set of pencils because you have an urge to draw; not the other way round.
  • trafficlight 14y ago
    Creative and Not Creative is just a mindset. I don't believe you are inherently one or the other. Either you accept things as they are, or try to make something new.
    • Kudzu_Bob 14y ago
      To say Creative and Not Creative is just a mindset makes about as much sense as saying height is a just a mindset.
• astine 14y ago
  Bukowski is talking about something different. Cleese is talking about how to get into the creative or 'open' mode, whereas Bukowski is talking about people who use their circumstances to justify their lack of performance. Cleese only suggests an hour and a half a day of alone time which is completely doable for even for many people who have a job and a family and the drive to create something.