Will and Creativity

Creativity is often conceived to occur 'ex nihilo'. However, it is the process of producing something new, and newness is always relative to antecedent conditions. For example, the universe created according to Genesis has God as its antecedent condition, and even 'nothing' is indefinite homogeneity with respect to which 'something' is a novelty. Likewise, personal creativity entails a diversification of givenness. In other words, personal creativity entails Will.