Is Creativity Innate or Learned?

We can look at creativity as a lifelong habit of being in the world. The urge to create might be stronger in some people than others, but are we all born with it? Or does our creativity depend on environmental factors as well? According to David Cox in The Guardian: The brain is divided into two halves, or hemispheres, that are joined by a bundle of fibres called the corpus callosum. Writers, artists and musicians were found to have a smaller corpus callosum, which may augment their creativity by allowing each side of their brain to develop its own specialisation. The authors suggest that this “benefits the incubation of ideas that are critical for the divergent-thinking component of creativity”. Talk about lateral thinking! What do you think…were you born creative, or is it more of a habit you learned? Questions for Listeners * Were you born creative? * Do you have creative relatives? * What’s your perfect environment for fostering creativity in yourself (and others)? For Further Exploration “Are Some People Born Creative?” by David Cox, in The Guardian (2013): https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2013/sep/19/born-creative-study-brain-hemingway “Neuroscientific Studies of Creativity,” by Park, Kim, and Hahm, in Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders, 2016: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6428025/ Buy us a Coffee and Win a Book! Here in the GU Clubhouse, we’ve gleaned and gathered incredible wisdom from our creative guests, whom we fondly call the Gifted Achievers. We’re putting this wisdom into a series of handy guides so listeners can study how to make a good living doing what you love. Click the coffee cup below and you’re on the list! The first 100 coffee angels will get a free guide! Thanks for listening to Gifted Underachievers! This post is public so feel free to share it. If you’re not already a subscriber, we’d love to have you in the GU clubhouse. No cost, no spam, unsubscribe anytime. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit giftedunderachievers.substack.com