Ingenuity is practical creativity and is one of three core traits necessary to survive. Art, being also a creative expression is closely related. Our ancestors refined their creative abilities as they devised ingenious ways to survive and thrive, and often expressed those in art.
How to build a shelter that is warm and smoke free, how to outthink and successfully harvest game, or how to confront the ravaging predator - these are just some of the conundrums that tested my/our ingenuity from time immemorial. My creative juices flow most freely when I am in a simple hunter-gathering setting, and Alone was no different. Perhaps in this most basic sense I can consider myself creative and those solutions - my expressions of art? In those moments I may be able to relate to an ancient ancestor and his art...
That said, his relief beat mine 😂
