02-28-2014, 08:34 PM
I think talent is distinguishable from skill. One is not the other. If you consider your art journey as a plane or maybe rocket flight, I've always considered talent as determing the "ceiling" (highest possible altitude) of one's flight potential as well as determining the power of your engine. If you are more "talented" you may get to soar higher than others, and you may be able to get up there quicker because of your more powerful engine. You still need the will to point your plane upwards, and keep striving for the ceiling. If you have talent and you just slowly meander around on the breeze wafting wherever, expecting to get to your ceiling... then forget it, your talent will get you nowhere.
Talent without desire and dedication means nothing. This approach I find takes some of the comparison of talent out of the equation. We all have our talent ceiling and engine, how far are you willing to go to max them out?
Talent without desire and dedication means nothing. This approach I find takes some of the comparison of talent out of the equation. We all have our talent ceiling and engine, how far are you willing to go to max them out?