Admittedly, the alliterative title is catchy. Curious if what occurs in the learning process is really "pattern recognition," then innovation. When a child le

Admittedly, the alliterative title is catchy. Curious if what occurs in the learning process is really "pattern recognition," then innovation. When a child learns to play the piano, are they "imitating" Bach and Beethoven or recognizing patterns of chord progressions? When a child learns to read/write, they are probably not imitating childhood authors per se, rather, learning patterns in how words are assembled. Perhaps, creativity is simply an extension of the same process. Recognize pleasing patterns, learning which can be broken, and assembling those patterns in a new way?