Comments by "Andrew Bowen" (@andrewbowen2837) on "Creativity and the Pursuit of Excellence" video.

  1. The only issue I have is with pride being the end goal. Pride is something that is dependent on others; it requires someone else to realize it. To be proud of something, even oneself, means that a) this object reached a standard established by an other, and/or b) that someone else actualizes that pride (i.e. it is shown off/celebrated by someone else). Imagine a hypothetical person who lived without any other human contact for their entire lives; would they take pride in anything they do? This is an issue that Rousseau tackles in his works, especially the two discourses, if anyone is interested. I agree with the premise, that creativity is a tool to reach human purpose, but I think the end goal would be self actualization, autonomy, and productivity (i.e. producing something with your own hands that yields results that you can enjoy, such as planting a garden and enjoying the food from it), rather than pride, which would be a byproduct.
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