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featherynscale) wrote2004-08-03 11:08 am
featherynscale) wrote2004-08-03 11:08 am
Shaking my own tree
Concerning skills:
I tend to think that, in the immortal words of Red Green, "If I can do it, it ain't art." Things I can do, sayeth this thought-model, are things that anyone could do, and therefore no big deal. Nevermind that there are people in the world who can't do many of the things I do. That's not important. They could, if they wanted to.
I fail to apply that model to things that other people do that I don't do, however. I stand in awe of skills I don't have, people that do things I don't/can't do.
Comparing these two views, it becomes apparent to me that there is something here that doesn't line up. Hrm.... *clue-by*
I tend to think that, in the immortal words of Red Green, "If I can do it, it ain't art." Things I can do, sayeth this thought-model, are things that anyone could do, and therefore no big deal. Nevermind that there are people in the world who can't do many of the things I do. That's not important. They could, if they wanted to.
I fail to apply that model to things that other people do that I don't do, however. I stand in awe of skills I don't have, people that do things I don't/can't do.
Comparing these two views, it becomes apparent to me that there is something here that doesn't line up. Hrm.... *clue-by*
*blushes*
But I like it when you beat me.
I was thinking of opening a thread for boasting sometime. Would you play?