Our human ideas about ownership are pretty limited. You can see that from the look in the eye of this seabird I met. He was daring any human to say who really owned this shoreline. 
Sometimes, we humans can get pretty territorial about our creative ideas and the things we make, too–art, writing, or perhaps a sacred pecan pie recipe.
I’m starting to get it: everything I make is meant to be shared. My brilliant ideas aren’t the result of brain power or effort. They come from somewhere beyond me, and must continue out beyond me as well. The point is, everything I make and do is not mine. I don’t own it. I can’t draw a boundary around it. Sadly, sometimes I try to do this, when I’m thinking in my limited way.
When I take a liberal, giving attitude toward my art, there is always more of it. There are new creative ideas, new projects, new works flowing to me all the time. If I start getting hung up on my ideas and what I feel I own, I soon grow stagnant.
What amazing idea came to you today, that you knew was not yours alone?