pondus wrote...
"Sadly, we live in a world short on modesty, where millions of talentless people suffer from the delusion that they have something to offer the world."
Wow. That's quite a statement.
I would have to say everyone has talent to some degree, but talent is only one factor in the process of creating anything; art, music, software, hardware, pros, poetry, food, etc. I see art everywhere and amazed am at the abundance of talent, drive, commitment and craft around me every day.
What you reject as talentless art may impress someone else as the best thing they've ever seen. The painter Jackson Pollock was ridiculed by many for his new form; pictures that do not depict anything real. Would anyone call him talentless now?
Ideas are plentiful. What's rare is bringing something into beaning.
"One tenth inspiration, nine-tenths perspiration." ... Edison
pondus wrote...
"Sadly, we live in a world short on modesty, where millions of talentless people suffer from the delusion that they have something to offer the world."
Wow. That's quite a statement.
I would have to say everyone has talent to some degree, but talent is only one factor in the process of creating anything; art, music, software, hardware, pros, poetry, food, etc. I see art everywhere and amazed am at the abundance of talent, drive, commitment and craft around me every day.
What you reject as talentless art may impress someone else as the best thing they've ever seen. The painter Jackson Pollock was ridiculed by many for his new form; pictures that do not depict anything real. Would anyone call him talentless now?
Ideas are plentiful. What's rare is bringing something into beaning.
Well, that's my take on it.
Peace, Love, Laughter,
Rob:-]