The key concept here for me is pattern recognition. It lines up with my experience when trying to practice creativity.
For example, for decades it has been my opinion that my own supposedly higher than average pattern matching skills were the main thing I brought to the table at work.
When I play drums, keys, or guitar, coming up with new patterns and styles to play feels magical when it happens in real-time, but if I break it down later, I almost always see the influences.
But there’s no reason to assume that something works the same way we do just because someone named it a neural network.