Thursday, May 23, 2019

Conviction & Creativity

You great Morehouse men are bound only by the limits of your own conviction and creativity.

-- Robert Smith

I'm guessing you heard about what Robert Smith recently did (see here).  Having been thinking about creativity lately, I am intrigued by the claim of the inter-related nature of conviction and creativity.  It strikes me as more profound than it might appear at first glance.

What is it about conviction that sparks creativity? Assuming this does go both ways, what type of conviction does creativity foster?