Can Creativity Be Taught or People Are Born With Talent?

Creativity can be triggered, or encouraged, in both "creative" and "non-creative" people. I teach creative writing to Elementary, Jr. High, and High-schoolers, and I know by experience that some students who are normally considered "creative" are inspired/excited/stimulatedd by certain projects and suggestions I give, and others are not. Then when I give a different assignment, one that seems completely opposite on the spectrum of genres or ideas, the other children (labeled "non-creative") suddenly blossom in new ways, and I was astounded by the creativity they had and the unique routes they approached the task. We have to come any discussion of creativity realizing that people are unique individuals, and different passions, ideas, inspirations trigger each person's creativity.

Recommendations for encouraging your own creativity? Surround yourself with things that you love. Clip out photos, articles, graphs, fabric/texture swatches, arithmetic equations, and make them part of your life. Surround yourself with people who challenge your mind, stimulate good conversation, and get you thinking in realms you don't normally think in. Read books that excite and inspire you, read them over and over, pinpointing what it is about it that you like. As you go about your normal routine or job each day, look for ways to streamline processes, for niches that need to be filled, problems that need solutions, and mull on them. Stay away from the television; it over-stimulates the mind and discourages creativity. Solutions to problems and creative ideas seem to come to most people while they're asleep, in the shower, or talking it out with someone else. If you listen to music often, limit yourself to instrumental music or silence. There is nothing like cacophony to scare the curiosity out of a cat.

Creativity is encouraged, not taught.

Talent can be taught, for example, in some countries in the past, young students have been selected and chosen only from their body shape/size, and then trained as Gymnasts or Ballet Dancers, who have gone on to compete in the Olympics or have become prominant Dancers. With the right training, and enough of it, you can can becomed skilled at a talent, still it may not mean that these individuals are 'Creative' just that they have become skilled.

Two different subjects entirely. Creativity can cover a great deal of subjects.

If someone is artistic, meaning they can draw, paint or something like that, I believe most of that talent is god given. I know that I can draw very well, but I can't sing, nor can I play the piano. I like to sing and I like to try and play the piano, but it doesn't come easy for me. My hands are to large for small instruments.

For some reason I can draw though and I can make things with my large hands, even fine details are easy. It's in my makeup.

Now a person can possess a talent and be rusty or un trained. They can develop that talent with the proper training. Some people just don't have the ability.

Both..., if it isn't "naturally instilled", your desire, need and dedication to possess such talent can work in your favor as well. For some people creativity is like going to sleep and waking up. They possess something that cannot be bought or taught and regardless of how much energy they put in, their creative talent will continuously flow.

Vonda G. Nelson

Human brains are designed for creativity. Creativity is the basis for problem solving. The speed at which a individual become bored or dissatisfied with a situation and look for ways to successfully modify that situation is a measure of an individual's creativity.

Artistic Creativity is a response to the internal need for expression and stimulation. Unfortunately, many people are not encouraged to develop their own artistic creativity and are told that they can only experience an "Artist's" creation to try to fill their own need.

Talent is a result of many elements of an individual - motor skills (both fine and gross), well developed senses (all five), spatial orientation and more. Most of these elements are developed during the first five years of a child's life through experiental play. Poor health, nutrition and environment can severly impede a child's development. As the child matures through the next 15 years, some elements will take precedence based on the child's interest and experiences.

To sum up, a human is born with creativity and the opportunity for talent. Both need to be nurtured to develop into skills.

I think both the ways are possible, some people are born with the creativity and talent, and few achieve it by sheer hardwork, but still even though after sheer hardwork, they lack that essence that is in the god gifted people without much of effort...

I believe that we are born with some amount of creativity but that ultimately it is a skill like any other. Skills are honed or they wither.

Some skills are taught others are merely refined with training. I think creativity is a skill which is innate - not to say we are all equally endowed. Only the exercise and purposeful refinement of the creative skill can bring it to its fullest potential.

That's my 2 cents...

I believe people are born with talent; but getting good at it depends on whether it's encouraged and nurtured at home. If a member of the family is good at something it will generally encourage the children to be good at it; and also it's down to nurturing it; and practising and enjoying it. Everyone has a different brain certain people use different parts of their brains more than others. It's the talent that suits your brain that matters...and have all the factors in place

People are born with creativity; the challenge is in squelching our inner critic and keeping our inner child alive! Creativity can be killed over many years of not using and/or building it up. It can be brought back to life through creative workshops and exercises. The best book I know for creativity rescue 911 is "The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron. :)

Creativity is something you are born with... Just ask anyone who lacks creativity. Talent can be taught and cultivated to anyone who realizes their potential and puts forth an effort.

I think It just depends on the person your talking about. For instance if your teaching a kid to draw, you would show them different techinques. But then there are the kids who can draw there hearts out who have never had a lesson.