Watching The Paint Dry
periodical posts about the observed reality
by Piotr Parda
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Piotr
- Jul 2
- 3 min
It’s A Cop Out!
You are SO talented! is a compliment artists hear with various frequencies. But what does it mean? The word talent derives from a Latin w
Making art as defined in a dictionary is optional but the part about not being creative is simply not true. It’s a cop out again! The mistake comes from the same confusion about manual skill being a “Gift From Heavens” and ignoring the fact that all humans come to this world with capability for creative problem solving and the potential
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