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If I had any artistic ability, I would be able to create what's in my head. I can't do that, so I have to fake it by being 'creative.' In visual arts and in music. My 'talent' is for math, and I hate math.
I entered an art piece into a show as a requirement for a class, and got 3rd place - above some truly remarkable entries, just from my class alone. (I didn't go, because for me seeing all that talent is like Keats first seeing the Elgin Marbles - utterly depressing, because I will never be that good.) But the only reason I got the award was because it was "creative" and "artsy." There was no talent involved. I just made it look creative because it's all I can do - I thought of stuff and incorporated it. But I did not consider my entry worthy at all, and was a bit upset. It was an artistic expression, perhaps, but not a good piece of art. I think that someone was robbed of their time and effort.
At the same time, though, I often enjoy talentless and creative art far more than talented art (perhaps only because that's my kind of art...). I just don't think it's necessarily fair.
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