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there's got to be a combination of innate things including ability and desire
Like creativity and curiosity, for instance. There are a lot of people who can be taught to write a perfectly good essay, or even a novel. There are not a lot of people who are going to come with ideas for them the way, say, Neil Gaiman does.
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Well, I know as a music teacher I believe that anyone can be taught to play or sing. But without a doubt it is easier for some people than for others. Aptitute? Talent? There certainly is a large amount of work, drive, and luck that plays into whether or not someone succeeds in music.
Can you be taught to be creative?
I believe that anyone can be taught to play or sing
Does it mean that you need the right teacher or teaching method?
I took extracurricular music with my sister and a couple of childhood friends, and it was really clearly obvious who had pipes of gold, who had effortless rhythm, and who could break down music theory and make it their bitch (not so small hint: I was told to focus on music theory within about six months of starting class. Paid off in results!).
Am I being lazy in thinking I have moderately above average drawing talent that could certainly be enhanced with training, but that my sister will never draw as well as I do? Just like there is no amount of voice training that will lead me to be mistaken for Whitney Houston, but she could do it raw.
Like creativity and curiosity, for instance. There are a lot of people who can be taught to write a perfectly good essay, or even a novel. There are not a lot of people who are going to come with ideas for them the way, say, Neil Gaiman does.
This brings me to the current season of the Sing Off (which I'm really enjoying).
Each week, it can be presumed, all the contestants work equally hard. It's a fishbowl situation where all they can/have to focus on is the competition.
Some are proficient, others are stunningly good in their arrangements and delivery. This would seem to me to be a microcosmic, if not microscopic representation of talent versus hard work.
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Man, I hate remembering that.
Am I being lazy in thinking I have moderately above average drawing talent that could certainly be enhanced with training
I could not draw a decent line until I read (was trained by) Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards. It changed everything. Now, I can do exemplary renderings but cannot draw-from-my-mind in the way that you can.
Some of our pieces might be comparable, but you have talent and I do not...to my way of thinking...because you can create something from nothing, whereas I can copy something quite well.