I believe it is our environment, coupled with our inner traits that makes us who we are. It is difficult to say which plays the biggest role, but I dare to suggest that it depends on the person and the life they lead.
Like yellow and red together form a completely different color than blue and white together. For artists, which colors dominate depend on the strength of the colors.
I've done no personal research on the classic nature versus nurture debate, but it seems that researchers psychologists have somewhat reached an agreement that both play I role. My hypothesis that nature versus nurture is situational rests on my observations of people I know, or have interviewed as a journalist.
For some, living in extremely difficult situations such as a severely impoverished environment causes a person to rebel and even resort to breaking the law to survive. In that scenario I would argue that nature played a stronger role in shaping that person's life. Another person in the exact same situation may rise above their challenges to make something of their lives. I think of Prudence, the star of Music by Prudence. The documentary is about a band of disabled people in impoverished Zimbabwe. They rose above their circumstances to create music together, and now they are known throughout the world.
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I really like your color blend example I think it gets your point across perfectly and I also agree with what you are saying there. I think the different situations and combinations in each different person's life makes them the individual unique person that they are.
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