Hey y’all,
I have written to you several times about “scenius” — a portmanteau Brian Eno coined to describe the communal origin of creativity that arises out of a scene. Scenius is the backbone of my book Show Your Work! and is usually the starting point of my talks. It is my belief that most people who want to be creative would be served best not by worrying about genius but by trying to create or join a scenius. (More here.)
Something I don’t spend a lot of time on is listing or describing particular examples of scenius. Doing so would be its own full-time job, as once you go looking for scenius, you start to see it everywhere.