01-22-2014, 05:33 AM
Awesome video by Sycra, thanks for linking it.
Let me add more fuel to the fire.
Is there a difference between Talent and Genius?
Because in genius I believe, a bit more than I believe in raw talent as people call it.
Kim Jung Gi is a genius, to me. He is really off the curve.
Then I watched this:
The small kid is a genius? Undoubtedly. He also broke the 4k hours pratice before he was 8.
So the whole thing of talent seems to receive feedback, and makes breaking those hours of pratice eaaaaasy, because you're enjoying it! You're good at it, you like, you just put the hours in.
So it's a similar point Sycra is making. Younger people copying successful artists works in their young ages? Those are good hours of practice right there, and a lot into the smart practice people are always talking about. It's much better than simply drawing and repeating your own mistakes!
Also, most of people I met that were "crazy talented" were also really specialized. If you push the a bit out of the comfort zone it falls apart rather quickly. To me, it looks like they found and used a very effective solution for this type of image; But not a lot of effort has yet go into other areas. That just shows us even the crazy talent needs practice just like the rest of us.
Until it becomes easy enough and you want to do it for fun, and the cycle starts over.
So back to Richard Schmid quote - you never know when mastery will click into place, but even the genius have put their hours in.
Kim Jung Gi couldn't stop drawing because it was so much fun - and those hours flew by.
Let me add more fuel to the fire.
Is there a difference between Talent and Genius?
Because in genius I believe, a bit more than I believe in raw talent as people call it.
Kim Jung Gi is a genius, to me. He is really off the curve.
Then I watched this:
The small kid is a genius? Undoubtedly. He also broke the 4k hours pratice before he was 8.
So the whole thing of talent seems to receive feedback, and makes breaking those hours of pratice eaaaaasy, because you're enjoying it! You're good at it, you like, you just put the hours in.
So it's a similar point Sycra is making. Younger people copying successful artists works in their young ages? Those are good hours of practice right there, and a lot into the smart practice people are always talking about. It's much better than simply drawing and repeating your own mistakes!
Also, most of people I met that were "crazy talented" were also really specialized. If you push the a bit out of the comfort zone it falls apart rather quickly. To me, it looks like they found and used a very effective solution for this type of image; But not a lot of effort has yet go into other areas. That just shows us even the crazy talent needs practice just like the rest of us.
Until it becomes easy enough and you want to do it for fun, and the cycle starts over.
So back to Richard Schmid quote - you never know when mastery will click into place, but even the genius have put their hours in.
Kim Jung Gi couldn't stop drawing because it was so much fun - and those hours flew by.