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There is a dumb assumption that one is less intelligent simply because he/she is a musician, comedian, fine artist, actor/actress, … I call it dumb because it is held contrary to glaring counter evidence. Art is one of the fields of human activity that thrive on excellence of imagination and original use of one’s mind. The depth of brain that goes into a precise art piece or song that you would listen to over and over again, not just for pleasure but for the imaginative beauty, can’t be despised, except by a fool. I have listened to several interviews, speeches and creations by creatives and, I must say, I often find more original use of brains there than in courts of law or parliament. Unlike in some fields, to be a creative, you are not simply expected to master some canons and regurgitate them. As an Artist/e, you MUST use your head to create new ideas. But an engineer, medical doctor, mathematician, lawyer, teacher can thrive without adding anything original to what is known. There are indeed ‘creatives’ who simply copy others. Those hardly thrive, and are not worth the name. Not every ‘musician’ is brilliant. It’s by their outputs that we tell. What I’m saying though is that it is foolish to assume that one is less intelligent simply because he/she is a musician or comedian. Ironically, such comments are thrown about even by people who have failed to make sense out of their own existence and who are struggling to use their own assumed intelligence to survive in the world! You find them dismissing an artist/e who has used his/her head to succeed in the same world; saying that the artist/e is not intelligent! If that is not foolishness, what is it? Indeed, intelligence/talent/skill are a broad spectrum. One could be brilliant in one field and a disaster in another. One can be a great scholar or musician, but a terrible leader. One can be a great orator, but a disastrous manager. Therefore, we shouldn’t necessarily base on one’s training or gift in a particular area to assume that they’ll necessarily be great in another. We may end up promoting people from competency into incompetence. Similarly, we shouldn’t dismiss people simply because they come from a given area of talent - as to assume that they think less. Let people be judged on merits of what they can actually do. Give them platforms to test their thinking and action abilities. Some people have multiple abilities (polymaths). Some can use their imaginative and emotional intelligence to fit in multiple spaces.