A new way to think about creativity and creative thinking

When it comes to creative thinking, the theory that most people subscribe to is that people simply are, or aren’t creative. In her TED speech on nurturing creativity “A new way to think about creativity”, author Elizabeth Gilbert discusses alternate ideas adopted throughout the ages on the source of creativity.

In past times, some believed we were all equal but for a little outside influence. To the Greeks, philosophers like Socrates had divine daemons whispering in their ear. The Romans had genius’, spirits which inhabited the walls of a studio.

More recently, American poet Ruth Stone, who in her youth was literally chased across the landscape of Virginia by poems, looking for a poet the put them to paper.

What do you think?

Next time I have an idea which doesn’t pan out I can just blame my house spirit, sounds like a plan.