True creativity requires transcendence projecting freely, not mere cultivation.

Evidence

Indeed, for one to become a creator, it is not enough to be cultivated, that is, to make going to shows and meeting people part of one’s life; culture must be apprehended through the free movement of a transcendence; the spirit with all its riches must project itself in an empty sky that is its to fill; but if a thousand fine bonds tie it to the earth, its surge is broken. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1950

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes cultivation from creativity by rooting creation in transcendence — a core Beauvoirian distinction.
• XREF: Connects to the immanence/transcendence apparatus central to the whole book. — connects to: Art’s celebration of pure making cannot escape the purposefulness it denies — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia: Reflections from…, 251; Authentic artistry requires self-transcendence, which narcissism precludes — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1818; True alterity requires a conscious peer, not a passive object to consume. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 317

Broader Connections

• Authentic artistry requires self-transcendence, which narcissism precludes #corroborates (0.85) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1818
• True alterity requires a conscious peer, not a passive object to consume. #expands (0.72) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 317