Huh?

Is creativity a skill or a gift? A skill can be developed over time, honed or taught. But a gift; kind of just bestowed upon at random. Chaotically and stupidly, people just get gifts, but skill takes discipline and practice. So what is it? Was Picasso just a crazy-lucky lunatic or was he a skilled at creation?

Creativity: what is it? Well, in short the definition is to use one’s imagination to create. Using only the original thoughts that come to mind to produce something. So really the question hinges on imagination: a gift or a skill? Can you sharpen your imagination? Can you train it? Can you control it?

Rabbit hole: What is imagination? The ability to fabricate new ideas, images or concepts using only your mind.

Okay, so far we have this: Creativity is to create using imagination. Imagination is to create using you.

I’m still really not sure whether creativity is a gift or skill. It could be a skill that most people don’t care enough to develop or it could be a sparsely given gift. I have absolutely no clue.