As I sit at my desk pouring over my own work from the past few years, and having been focusing my time as of late to study those who are truly great; I come to see a vast growth in my personal writing. I know that we all must grow as artists. Our creativity changes with situations and emotions, as well as trial and error. Change is practically a force of nature, and we adapt or become irrelevant. So on looking at my own growth, and the growth of others, yes we adapt to the changes in ourselves and our lives, but what causes the adaptation? How is it that we creatively change?

From my current point of view I read my stories of youth and see that as my words have simplified, my plots have become complex and my points are made more clearly. In my own journey through…