that extraordinary moment when vexing problems vanish before the approach of deeply unexpected understanding.

I feel all the tension release from my body. It was amazing. When you work at something really hard, then working at something else is a vacation. I remember returning to work on The Avengers with a clearer eye and being more invested not because I have my art and this is my commerce but because the joy of storytelling is back.

‘Courage is the first of the human qualities, because it is the one that guarantees all others,” said the Greek philosopher Aristotle. And it’s true, especially when it comes to creativity and innovation. Without courage, no creativity; without courage, no action; without courage, no innovation.

Everybody’s wildly creative underneath,” says Kelley. “That child’s mind is still in there. My mission is to convert people to confidence — to take people who don’t think of themselves as creative — especially people who think of themselves as primarily analytical — and move them from the fear of being judged to familiarity and ease with the creative process. It’s amazing how quickly people flip.

But just because it’s harder to find doesn’t really mean that creativity is any less important in these industries than in others right? In fact, in a creativity drought, it may be even more easily “soaked up” by parched workers.

Moderate background noise enhances creativity and makes consumers more likely to buy new and innovative products, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

After polling some 5,000 citizens in a number of different countries, it was clear that the majority of people don’t feel like they have creative abilities — not just the ability to make music or draw, but also to think creatively and be innovative. Worse, they feel as though the workplace doesn’t encourage any sort of creative thinking.