This blog shows the limitations one true basement lizard has in finding inspiration inside a box filled with people all the same.
"Little Boxes" by Malvina Reynolds is a great poem to sum up this long description.
A basement lizard is a person who is creative and dwells in the confines of a creative facility filled with others that are alike in interest. For example, this person may dwell in an art, film or music school; most often held in the basement.