So I have heard of classes that teach 'creativity'. Now to me, the whole concept is absurd. I approached a student of the aforementioned class and asked him why he chooses to learn creativity. He stated that creativity is a process in which you learn the basics and the rules and then extrapolate it. I argued that real creativity is innate and it depends on the surroundings of which you are a part. And then a thought struck me: What is no one is 'naturally' creative? After birth, a baby knows only what he sees. Whatever a person knows till date is knowledge that has been absorbed from the surroundings in the form of opinions and experiences. On these lines, anybody can be creative provided he is exposed to the 'correct' stimulus. Ideas and philosophies are personal interpretation of experiences and opinions. It wasn't our creativity as a race that has made us who we are today but it was actually necessity that propelled our species forward. What else would possibly stimulate our creativity as a race other than our necessity as a species to survive? In short, after an hour or so of arguments to and fro, my question is: Can creativity be taught? I don't mean giving a kid a crayon and telling him how to draw an apple. I mean creativity at its most absolute form. Can creativity be inherited?

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