You Might Not Be Born With Talent, But You Can Learn Creativity

It’s tempting to ask if we can learn to be more creative. Creativity does havesome genetic heritability: talent – mathematical, musical – runs infamilies. For example, the Dutch identical twins David Oyens and PieterOyens were both successful 19th-century painters. But, given that thehuman brain is plastic, constantly learning and changing, can we alsolearn to be creative, based on our experiences? – Aeon