I don't want to lose how small nature can be. If all we're left with are the most hardy, survival-prone species then the only ones that'll be around in 15 years are the pidgeons and the cockroaches. The little niches in different environments, the interactions that species can have with each other, the kindness and sociality of our biodiversity is something unique.

The importance is in what we get done. Storytelling is a vehicle for sharing perspectives, for communicating our selves, our thoughts, and our experiences. Exulansis is a neologism, a word minted recently to give our world a new touchstone for an old concept. Exulansis is the tendency of people to let a story go if they don't know how to explain it, it's the opposite of successful storytelling; if we don't know how to communicate an experience then it's lessons become another forgotten piece of ephemera. Creativity is important because it helps us avoid that, it helps us communicate successfully, it's the way that we ensure our worldviews and our personalities are not forgotten in the wider conversation.