The directory includes information on course location, difficulty, focus, length, and cost. In our culture, we tend to believe that only certain people can dance, paint, sing, or write poetry, says Dr. Simonton. We also tend to believe that even those lucky and creative few see their creativity wane as they get older. But neither is true. In places like Bali, by contrast, everyone's assumed to have artistic abilities.
Research suggests that everyone, to one degree or another, does.
Studies also show that creativity doesn't wane as time goes by. In fact, many people get more creative as they grow older. Opera composer Giuseppe Verdi composed Otello at 72. The revered German poet Johann von Goethe finished his great epic Faust when he was 82. That's regrettable because research finds that people who express their creativity in one way or another find greater satisfaction and meaning in life than those who never explore it.