Even though I write for a blog on creativity, I've grown to dislike the label: Creative. Here’s the thing, while creativity is the core of human existence, aren’t we all powerfully drawn to virtuosity? Virtuosity is human excellence formed by a perfect balance of skill, fluency, style and innovation. It’s the heart-skipping grandness of human achievement.
Creativity is common; get busy creating or lapse into a coma - your choice. However, being a virtuoso is the ultimate analog goal requiring sacrifice. Great musicians, fine artists, writers, film makers, photographers and even athletes inspire awe in what is possible when a life is devoted to skill honing and potential accomplishment. Success is viscerally primal; great exhibitions make our spirit's soar.
I chase virtuosity. Join me if you want.
- Bruce DeBoer