Intellectual would be something like reading enriching books or contributing something useful to a broader body of knowledge that others can use.

Creative is making something new, special or meaningful.

This is none of those. This is taking old junk and wasting lot of time to make something useless.

It would be like going to a junkyard and using a bunch of old engines to make one one car move slower than even the cheapest car from 20 years ago.

This is pointless and wasteful. People that defend this are part of the problem.