“Simplicity is the last step of art and the beginning of nature.”

Thoughts on the nature of creative expression.

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“Simplicity is the last step of art and the beginning of nature.”

This Bruce Lee quote resonates with me because it highlights the innate creative potential we all possess.

We frequently hear that artists, sculptors, dancers, musicians, and architects are the only ones capable of creativity.

But the truth that has been withheld from so many people who feel stuck, unheard, and unseen is that we are creative beings.

Creativity is part of our nature.

At the cellular level, we are constantly in a state of evolution. We are part of the natural world, just as much as the world is part of us.

We possess a powerful part of our brain that enables us to think of and create things in real time that have never existed before.

Creativity can manifest as abstract and unphysical, expressed as leadership or scientific reasoning, or it can be turned into form, taking shape like a carving or a painting.

I don’t know, exactly, what Bruce Lee meant when he said what he said above. But here’s what I think.