Creativity cannot be killed but it can be starved into stagnation by ignorance. Ignorance of the process. Or ignorance about the thing or experience you’re trying to create. When we know what we’re making, and are confident of our ability to bring it into being, we don’t overthink it. It feels as if it just happens. (Dinner, anyone?) But when what we want to create is a stretch for us (banquet for 100 people, anyone?), we need to investigate what needs doing, until we  thoroughly understand the challenges. After fear, the cause of most creative blocks is under-investigation, not knowing the world…