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The stigma of being a Kenyan creative

Dorothy Ghettuba. (Felix Kavii,Standard)

Being a creative or artistic person is not a choice. Rather, is a gift.

The creative person cannot stifle his or her creativity, nor can they deny their impulses to create without repercussions to their happiness. The creative person finds true joy in the act of transposing one’s imagination onto canvas, or into a song, or through written or spoken word.

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