Andrew / Creativity and the Brain

The source of creativity and the ability to be creative are topics that often puzzle me. Are some people uniquely gifted and creative or does it take a focused brain, space and discipline to find creativity. As a teacher I often discount that creativity is a gift bestowed on some. I do believe that "talent" comes easier to some than other but creativity is accessible by everyone but like talent, may be easier for some to access. At one point Richard Serra says, "To make something unfamiliar is to make something new." This was interesting as hundreds of years earlier, da Vinci said, "...because the mind is stimulated to new inventions by obscure things." The creation of art is a shared experience between the artist and then the viewer.  I don't think many artists make art for the sole purpose of it to be viewed because for many, creation is a necessity not an obligation to others. What is recognized in this video is that it is a gift that requires dedication and recognition and to not use or share that ability is a waste to humanity. Creativity can exist in a vaccum but it's evolution would be much slower without the catalyst of different and dynamic personal experience. It is always a pleasure to hear artists talk about their work and a gift to listen to them philosophize.