Malcolm Gladwell wrote a terrific piece regarding the life cycle of genius in a recent issue of The New Yorker .  Our book and author David Galenson is at the forefront of this research and his written about it in his Fall 2005 book OLD MASTERS AND YOUNG GENIUSES: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity, which looks at when creativity happens in the life periods of artists.  This brings up a very interesting question:  are you more creative when you’re younger or older?