[davemel37]

Not all are talented?! You mean not everyone's talent is understood and appreciated :)

Napolean Hill postulates that there are two types of creativity.

1. One is analytical and is the intuition that comes from turning over a topic and examining all the angles.

2. the other is a flash of insight that comes from outside the person.

As someone who considers himself exceptionally creative (but not so humble) I can tell you that most of my ideas come from seeing a pattern in something and applying that pattern to whatever I am working on. Most of the universe is fractals and when you see interesting relationships between random things it gives you a new way to think about whatever you are considering.