To me, creativity involves two essential components: curating your influences, and openness to experience. As a writer, I find that it's been important to read widely so that it opens up my perspective on not just ideas, but also different styles of writing. I also think it's important to give yourself permission to have bad ideas, because sometimes you can't know if it's a bad idea unless you execute. In my opinion, creativity isn't fully something that's innate; it can be learned just as much as it can come from talent.
Regarding genius, I heard a good phrase: talent hits a target no one else can hit, but genius hits one that no one else can see. That's why openness to experience is so important; it helps you build new perspectives that inform your own process.
To build on creativity being learned, not only is it important to give yourself permission to do things wrong, but it's also important to refine with each passing iteration. Life itself is iterative, so I try to let myself go through that process each day and figure things out along the way.
Regarding genius, I heard a good phrase: talent hits a target no one else can hit, but genius hits one that no one else can see. That's why openness to experience is so important; it helps you build new perspectives that inform your own process.
To build on creativity being learned, not only is it important to give yourself permission to do things wrong, but it's also important to refine with each passing iteration. Life itself is iterative, so I try to let myself go through that process each day and figure things out along the way.