How do you learn to be creative?
noodle: in my humble opinion, everyone is creative in their own area of expertise.  its just much more difficult and less obvious when expressing creativity in fields like engineering.  and it is difficult to express creativity when jumping fields.  as an engineer-type, i can't really do creative graphic design.  i've tried, and i just can't seem to cough anything up.  but i can definitely come up with creative solutions to a problem.and if that fails, this essay is kind of interesting http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/56-creative-thinking-hacks...