Honestly, I've talked to a lot of people about music/movies/books/etc. but that particular point of view is one I've never heard expressed. Yet you can't possibly be alone in it. Really interesting, thanks for sharing. As one of those intermittent "creative types" who has played and written music, written a book, and more, let me tell you - it almost never happens the way you experience it. Every so often if you get a group of really experienced and educated artists in a room together, and the chemistry is right, they will spontaneously create something magical. But usually even the best work of those types of guys comes after weeks or months of effort and intense thought; it doesn't just pop out fully formed.