Hosannas for the creative life

My brother-in-law sent me this provocative quote from a graphic novel called Finder by Carla Speed:

"Everybody sings hosannas to the creative life. The act of creation is really that split second inside your own mind, when an idea comes to you. It's utterly private, personal and cryptic. Everything else is just trying to get other people to see the tiniest fraction of what you saw."

This resonates for me as an artist, but I think it's inspiration, not creation, that happens inside your mind. It's inspiration that you can't quite touch, or name, that your work strives to communicate. To me, living a creative life is having enough faith and courage to seek and act on inspiration - and that's something worth singing hosannas for.

What do you think?