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With what Luke said today about not liking something because you suck- It's scarily accurate. The concept might've passed my mind a couple of times, but I never really realized that it was the truth until he said it today.
You don't enjoy something unless you're good at it.
Why would someone want to do something that they suck at?
Because they like to suck at things?
Another thing that really bothers me are the type of people who complain about being bad at things (I'm guilty of this, but hey, at least I'm being honest and trying to do something about it) and yet decides to do absolutely nothing about it but sulk and think about how much they're terrible at it.
There are two ways you can look at things:
You can look at somebody else's accomplishments and think "Wow..this person is really good....God, I suck!" OR you can think "Wow! This person is so good! I hope I can one day become as good as them, and maybe one day even surpass them."
You don't get anywhere by just sitting around and hoping some godsend miracle comes and strikes you with a talent so brilliant people around you will need sunglasses- You get places in life by simply getting shit done.
You don't become better at anything without failure. Without practice. Without passion.
"Why would someone want to do something that they suck at?"
ReplyDeleteEXACTLY. The problem of teaching the arts is coming up with strategies to overcome the inertia of suckness. The word sucks is so perfect her, you know, because that is what it feels like - a vacuum on your passion draining it out of you. And truly, either we have a huge amount of passion or we work to turn off the vacuum. The best of us do both. This is the smartest thing I've yet written. I'll have to copy it down. Thanks for this post!
This reminds me of the video that was posted on the STAC group a few months ago about how when you first start making art, your art doesn't appear as you imagine it to or as you want it to because you don't have the technical ability to make something good.
ReplyDeleteSince it's so easy to give up at the early stages, there needs to be some sort of encouragement to pull yourself through. Usually that's forced by yourself or others.
At first, I was really excited for personal projects, but I'm now thinking that unless we practice this kind of discipline beforehand, none of them would actually get done.
It's all in baby steps.
I hate it when people say "I CAN'T DRAW."
ReplyDeleteIn reality If you have a hand or foot anybody can draw well with enough practice. I didn't come out of the womb drawing like I can today.
Right this moment I am kicking myself over a drawing that is not coming out as I want it to but, I am doing it to the end I can't hate for what I am now, but work hard to be better.