​Accepting creativity or pursuing creativity?

If we assume that the language we use matters, which I do, it's worth asking:  Are we accepting creativity? Are we pursuing creativity? or maybe it’s something else entirely. Maybe living creatively or living creativity. I think part of it is that we think about being "creative" "quirky" "artsy", but are we really needing to be those? Or is it more about putting in time and energy investing in our craft? Putting in the work?
I remember in fifth grade in ESL class, the teacher called me an artist. My 10 year old mind flat out rejected this notion. An artists was someone who wore a beret and painted with a paintbrush, not me, a kid, was drawing tigers wearing sweatpants.
How young do we really learn to reject identities? To be fair to myself had the message come from someone else I may have heard it differently but that’s neither here nor there.
What is considered art? I’m not sure. But I do think it could be a lifelong journey to find out.
Here's a video of me creating the above graphics. below