CHAPTER 5 Rekindle
Creativity Is the Fountain of Youth, a Source of Innovation, and the Secret to Happiness
“You can't use up creativity.
The more you use, the more you have.”
– Maya Angelou
No matter how young or old we are, we can all rekindle our most youthful, unfettered, joyful creativity. Age and creativity are not bound to one another. Creativity is like an age-defying elixir.
The seemingly ageless actress Sophia Loren wisely said, “There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.”1 It keeps us young, sharp, optimistic, and enlightened.
“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love.”
Take the case of Gary Marcus, a cognitive psychologist at New York University, who had always wondered, what if he learned how to play a musical instrument when he was younger.2 Finally, one day, on the eve of his 40th birthday, he decided that he was going to learn to play the guitar. He began his immersion by playing Guitar Hero, a video game in which players match their rhythmic motions to the game's digital music sheet. In two years, practicing up to six hours per day, Marcus accelerated quickly through the awkward and struggling phases to experimenting, ...
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