Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of the international best seller Eat, Pray, Love, gave a talk on TED on nurturing creativity. She talks about how we currently think that creativity is something an individual has within themselves and though it may be influenced by outside forces, originates within the individual. This is a pretty good summation of the times in regards to creativity, we only believe in what we see and if we can't see it, it has to be something we know exists be being physically attached to it. Everything is 'scientific'. She then goes on to say that this is not always how creativity was perceived. In ancient Greece and Rome, among other places, the popular belief was that creativity or artistic excellence or amazingly insightful thoughts were given to people by a supernatural force like gods or fairies. It's a very interesting talk and will help you to see creativity in a whole new light.
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http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html
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