Stewardship is ownership of a different sort.
In stewardship the question of desert is understood from the outset as being shared, conjoint. Desert thus defines the minimum unit of evaluation, which, in the case of stewardship goes beyond the individual.
Skill is first of all a gift that must be received from some Other. It can then be trained and refined and honed into mastery but raw skill is native and therefore must in the first place elicit a sense of gratitude for that which was unearned.
What is unearned must be redeemed with a further gift. The highest creative act is not to invent but to discover what is already there, and to acknowledge and pay respect to the original creator.
This approach is the path to creativity through humility. It is the attitude that befits those who were well endowed before they became creative.
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