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What I find intriguing is that creativity really develops from giving it time to develop. i.e. If I just tackle a problem as I know how to from my own point of view, I'm probably going to do it as straight forwardly as possible, anything that has a definite solution I'll answer first and I'll do that ad nauseum (perhaps w/ research inbetween, but we're not talking creative research, just more fact checking) until the problem is finished. On the other hand, if you are willing to you can probably sit, think the problem over, and let a solution develop. You might have to forget preconceived ideas that you had, perhaps think in a new way, but it's possible. Either way you'll probably get to a solution, but my real point is, creativity is as much a matter of willingness as anything else, I mean you just can't turn off your thoughts, you can really only direct them. ...I'll admit I havn't read the article, but I'm always curious about these discussions of creativity, why is it an isssue? How do you know someone isn't being creative? Because they don't take your approach? How do you teach someone to be creative, show them how you would do it? I think the only common denominator for creativity, is how much effort you're willing to give it.