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Originally Posted by This Is Not Here
I don't buy this idea of inborn creativity ("creative people" - argh! that phrase!), the idea of creativity as a "gift" that some have and some don't makes a mockery of everyone who has worked relentlessly for their art. I can barely play music at all because I havn't worked at it enough. I can draw and paint well because I have. It's as simple as that. It's hardly natural, art in all it's capacity to inspire and blah blah blah comes from working your ass off, actually. It's not natural, and it DEFINATELY doesn't exempt you from mistakes.
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that's nonsense. the logical conclusion to what you're saying is that if anyone puts their mind to something they can become incredible at what they do if they work hard enough, which is tantamount to saying that all people are exactly alike. sadly it is not the case that every person has unlimited potential for anything, the reason you're better at drawing and painting than you are at playing music isn't just that you've spent more time doing them, but also that you are more inclined to do draw and paint and have a greater natural capacity for those things than you do for playing music. some people are naturally more talented at certain things than others and will always be better at them no matter how hard other people try. however, having a natural talent for something is not the same thing has having the ambition and dedication to cultivate that talent to achieve greatness and/or massive recognition.