"I've been an artist since age 5, when I remember drawing an airplane better than my older brother. It was a bi-wing with a propeller, (not that I'm that old... it was 1957 and it was a racing plane), and it was encouraging because up until then, it was the only thing I could remember doing better. I kept at it, and now nearly 50 years later I'm still trying to improve my creative process. Now I realize you never get better than anyone else... just more unique to your own style, and become the best painter you can be." - Mick Mcginty
It's true isn't it? We are often attracted to do something because we think, even momentarily, that we might have been "gifted" to do it well, or perhaps better in some way than other people. But somewhere around childhood, we start to wonder about that. I think those who truly understand a "gift" knows that there is much more out there that is better, and that there is much more to learn for one to become better. Maybe the only "gift" we can possess is the ability to look at a painting, poem, photograph that we made ourselves, and know that you have seen something better.
