Absence of Innocence...

define:innocence

Innocence is a term that describes the lack of guilt of an individual, with respect for a crime. It can also refer to a state of unknowing, where one's experience is less than that of one's peers, in either a relative view to social peers, or by an absolute comparison to a more common normative scale. In contrast to ignorance, it is generally viewed as a positive term, connoting a blissfully positive view of the world.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innocence

define:creativity

One can define creativity as the mental phenomena, skills and/or tools capable of originating (and subsequently developing) innovation, inspiration or insight. Pop psychology generally may associate it with right or forehead brain activity or even specifically with lateral thinking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity

Does innocence and creativity correlate in any form? What leads to creativity? Why is a child's work examined in awe whereas the same work driven by an adult is thought to be average or foolish?

I was having a chat with my mentor and a colleague at work where the conversation revolved around reading books, examining one's skill sets and the motivation/persuasion of success. My mentor, an advocate of reading, has consistently asked me to read and I have consistently not obliged to this move. First of all I am too lazy to read but another factor is that I feel I can google the answers that I am looking for. The third factor and some might call this foolish and utterly stupid is that I feel some books might lead to the deterioration of my creativity or have a "guilty conscience" feeling within me if I were to carry an idea forward from something I read in a book. It is even simple in a romantic setting, i.e. if I read a romantic novel and I display what I have read in an actual setting, I could see my ego within me being thrown out of the window and a feeling of dullness creeping in and a little bit of disappointment as well.

Maybe I am just confused with originality and creativity ...Maybe i am indeed ....