Imaginative Intelligence: The Human Birthright We Forgot

What if creativity isn't a talent reserved for artists, writers, and musicians? What if it's something far more fundamental—something woven into human nature itself?In this conversation, Allegra Huston and I explore a concept that has become central to our work over the last several years: Imaginative Intelligence. We discuss why creativity may be less about making products and more about participating in a vast field of possibilities that every human being is born into.Along the way, we talk about writing, intuition, mathematics, evolution, imagination, personal power, and the surprising ways people transform when they stop worrying about whether they're creative and begin practicing creativity as a way of life.Drawing on more than twenty years of teaching together and five years of weekly Imaginative Storm gatherings, we examine how a simple ten-minute writing practice can awaken confidence, reveal hidden possibilities, and help people reconnect with their own imaginative lives.This conversation is an invitation to reconsider what creativity really is—and to discover why "I don't know" may be one of the most powerful places a human being can stand.