cantdog
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I used to hide their hands and feet. Hands and feet are hard, I told myself. It was like most of the things I thought were hard and all the ones I thought were unattainable: You just have to give yourself permission and then PRACTICE.sincerely_helene said:I don't comment much because I'm jealous. I can only sketch head shots, and it would be nice to have my models do something kinky on occasion too.
Open the doors in your head! Talent is an illusion, altogether. People use the word to classify for themselves that there are things they can't do.
Think of Isiah Thomas! He got really pissed one day, on camera. Someone said the black athlete was a natural for the game, and he said crap man I worked for this. Every day I work out, hours of weights training and practice day after day. You could never handle it man; and to hear someone say oh it's easy for him, he's black!-- it devalues all that. I earned it, I put in the work, I had to get up the dedication!
And he's right. Talent is just an excuse word. I lack it, so it's no wonder the other guy is better, is the subtext.
People who say, I 'm no good at math, or I've never been musical-- that's just shutting the door in your head, telling yourself you can't do something, when your potential is probably unlimited, especially compared to what you've been telling yourself. I know, because there is nothing special about me. I just let myself try it and learn it the best I could, that's all.