Bill Brooks Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Read and then ponder this. https://fstoppers.com/education/mindset-can-skill-alone-bring-success-168133 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Good reading. I tend to agree. With the exception I do believe some are born, not so much with talent but more aptitude or desire to attain it. I never considered myself born with artistic talent. Quite the reverse. I had low self-esteem for much of my life, due to the life circumstances I was born into. But what set me apart from my two sisters, was a strong desire, a craving, you might say, to do artistic things. If you crave it enough, it will set you on a path to learn how to satisfy the craving. That's why, in the fall/winter of my life, I'm still pushing, and recently subscribed to Illustrator. Not sure if I will win out on that one! Great topic. Edited to add: The topic is Success or Failure. Even though I had low self esteem, I never believed my pursuit of following my passion would end up in failure. Obviously, I'm not super talented or I'd be lolling in my beach chair on a tropical island with my mansion behind me. Betty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Crean Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Interesting... Also see this: http://preview.tinyurl.com/zd2p7nn Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizBrown Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 I think the trick is being able to think in the medium and that takes being fluent technically which is very much the part that requires practice and thinking about technique. Simply learning how to replicate other people's great photos/great books/great music tends to be where most people stop. Not saying that I am, but the problem with most amateur work is that it's about some other work, somewhat like people memorizing phrases in foreign languages without being able to think in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeRay Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 As my old boss used to drum into us daily:- Inspiration with perspiration = success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 As my old boss used to drum into us daily:- Inspiration with perspiration = success Plus1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlessandraRC Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Interesting. I vividly recall in kindergarden, I was still drawing stick people, and there was a boy, who could draw these very detailed characters, in a cartoon-type fashion, and that vivid memory has lasted to this day, and have made me believe, that there is something like... skill... well, Baden Powell was giving concerts at age 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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