“Can you learn creativity?”
Yesterday’s blog message inspired a few questions. I wondered if some of my skills were inherited. Apparently not… Long before this inquiry, I was (am) giving the credit to God, my Heavenly Father.
An excerpt from the above Internet link:
A 2008 meta-analysis performed by Prof DK Simonton estimated that performance related to creativity and talent had a basis that was no more than 10% – 20% genetic. However, aspects of personality which are related to higher levels of creativity, like openness to new experiences, are apparently more hereditary.
Simonton also noted that what your genes will do is to influence which development activities you spend time performing. If you have a genetic predisposition to liking music, such as by having perfect pitch, you may enjoy spending time around music, and practicing music. This would in turn impact how you choose to spend time in your development phase and which opportunities to pursue.
However, as with the twins study, genetics research indicate that nurture is more important to creativity than nature. There are no “genes for creativity”.
Eighty-eight and counting 
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