The authors' recent theoretical work has focused on developing the construct of mini-c creativity and illustrating how all levels of creative performance follow a trajectory that starts with novel and personally meaningful interpretations (mini-c), which can then progress to intrapersonally judged novel and meaningful contributions (little-c) and even develop into superior creative performance (Big-C). The mini-c construct highlights how all healthy individuals have the developmental capacity to produce creative contributions (even Big-C creativity). The work by Ericsson et al. provides compelling empirical evidence in support of this developmental perspective, demonstrating the important role that deliberate practice plays in superior creative performance. Although the authors find themselves in general agreement with much of what is presented in the Ericsson et al. article, they want to highlight an important area of divergence. Ericsson et al. argue that the criteria by which superior (or Big-C) creative performance is deemed acceptable must follow scientific, objective guidelines. Ericsson et al. are leery of subjective' expert evaluations of expert performance (and provide compelling reasons for their skepticism). Although the authors understand why their strict criteria is necessary for establishing their argument and setting the conditions under which their assertions can be empirically tested, they also find it important to point out (as systems theorists of creativity have argued, e.g., Csikszentmihalyi, 1999) that Big-C creativity, by definition, is a subjective judgment of the gatekeepers of particular domain. Recognizing the subjective role of gatekeepers in determining Big-C creativity does not undermine the argument that deliberate practice trumps genetic endowment in superior creative performance (Big-C), but rather highlights the importance of carefully examining the role that deliberate performance plays (among the confluence of other factors, e.g., luck, circumstance, zeitgeist) in the developmental trajectory from mini-c to little-c and ultimately, Big-C creative expression.