RE: Talent vs Hard Work. THE FAIRY TALE DEBUNKED!!!
I laughed out loud when I began reading. Oh how many times every creative person has heard this!! I completely agree @jankasparec and have found that old saying "99% perspiration and 1% inspiration" to be true.
One must be interested and drawn to something to dedicate oneself to it. The love of it and desire to be better motivates the hard work and then yes maybe some talent can come through.
As someone who knows all about hard work and who has dedicated 25 years to becoming improving my eye, my craft and capacity to express, I've seen what hard work can bring, but also the limitations of it! Anyone can become really good, but I'm not sure anyone can be truly great -I'm not sure that hard work can provide inspired vision nor the kind of true love that brings that magic ingredient beyond the hard work.
Fun post to read and I really appreciate your use of light in your painting!
Thank you for an awesome comment @natureofbeing. And yes I do agree with you that talent is that special something that can make a different between good artist and extraordinary artist. I also think that real passion can ignite the fire of talent where it was not before. I do believe that talent is not necessarily inborn and cannot be cultivated during one's life. But most of all- I don't think that any activity should be done with the vision of the result, but for the sake of being present (and getting lost = loose the mind, open the heart, come back to "true home") in the creative moment. An amazing painting done by someone who just seeks recognition is a small piece of art compared to someone's "stick man" which was done with zero expectation and maximum joy. I do hear you though. Thanks again! Much Love on your creative journey!