Agreed. Putting creators on pedestals...leads to much pulling out of the hair and stomping. Because they will fall off of them, eventually.
Also, you don't really know the creator except through their work...and they don't know you. You are interacting with their work not them, the relationship is with the piece of art not with the person who created it. Sure they put themselves into it to an extent, but we tend to see their work through our own experience and perspective, and often catch things the artist never intended. It's what Whedon means when he says a piece of art or work of art is like a child, not a pet, it grows up, leaves home, and talks back to you. It has a life of its own.
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Also, you don't really know the creator except through their work...and they don't know you. You are interacting with their work not them, the relationship is with the piece of art not with the person who created it.
Sure they put themselves into it to an extent, but we tend to see their work through our own experience and perspective, and often catch things the artist never intended. It's what Whedon means when he says a piece of art or work of art is like a child, not a pet, it grows up, leaves home, and talks back to you. It has a life of its own.