By adopting local culture as the natural environment for creativity, we can
— lessen the child-prodigy requirement for fine arts that can make a 17-year-old believe it’s “too late”
— dismantle the teen-sensation (or its just-post-teen equivalent) fetish of pop arts and the corollary expiration dates for relevant work (in music, acting, etc.)
– generally dispense with ageism in creative work, celebrating creative trajectories that can begin or resume at any age.