Wednesday, September 26, 2007
9/26/07 Uncommon Genius 2
The main premise of part one of Shekerjian’s book is stated on page 1. She says, “The trick to creativity, if there is a single useful thing to say about it, is to identify your own peculiar talent and then settle down to work with it for a good long time. Everyone has an aptitude for something. The trick is to recognize it, to honor it, to work with it. This is the way creativity starts.” Clarify. Do you agree? How does the sentence gel with the title of the section.
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I agree with the quote, “The trick to creativity, if there is a single useful thing to say about it, is to identify your own peculiar talent and then settle down to work with it for a good long time. Everyone has aptitude for something. The trick is to recognize it, to honor it, to work with it. This is the way creativity starts”, because I feel that it means for someone to be creative at something, you have to find that one thing you love and that you are really good at because then it will help to bring out your creative side. Just think about it, would you be creative if you were doing something that you were terrible at and if it was something that you hated, of course not. You have to search for that one thing that you really enjoy and once you have found it, let the creativity flow. I believe that this sentence gels with the title of the section because the title is Talent And The Long Haul, and if you think about it when you find that one true thing you are good at, well then you should hang on to it forever.
I do agree with this quote. Perhaps that’s just because I was raised, as I assume a lot of people are, hearing that we all have our own talents, and that we just need to find them. So to me, it really makes sense. After all, if you are really good at something, why not use it to its full potential? Unless of course you don’t like whatever it is your talent is; another thing I was raised to believe is that nothing is worth doing unless you enjoy it.
The quote connects to the title “Talent and the Long Haul” in a pretty simple way. First, you find something you are really good at, your talent. Then, you go on to work with it for a good long time, the “long haul.”
-Jay Sennott
I would have to agree with the quote “The trick to creativity, if there is a single useful thing to say about it, is to identify your own peculiar talent and then settle down to work with it for a good long time. Everyone has an aptitude for something. The trick is to recognize it, to honor it, to work with it. This is the way creativity starts.” The title of this section works very well with the quote. Everyone has their own special thing that they are good at. This is where the title of the section "Talent and the long haul" ties in. Just because you have a talent in something doesn't have to mean the you are limited to being sucessful in that area. As long as you have the desire to master something, all you have to do is just work at it until you succeed.
“The trick to creativity, if there is a single useful thing to say about it, is to identify your own peculiar talent and then settle down to work with it for a good long time. Everyone has an aptitude for something. The trick is to recognize it, to honor it, to work with it. This is the way creativity starts.”
I believe Shekerjian's statement means that it is very unlikely someone will be successfully creative in a field that they don't have a natural talent for. Trying to pursue a field without a talent is like trying to be a photographer without owning a camera. Talent is vital to creativity, as well as time. You must put time into any great project because it takes steps; the more time you put in the better you get, and the more ideas you pursue the more ideas you get, time = growth in many directions. I mostly agree with this but what is talent? Hypothetically someone with no experience in art takes an art course because they are interested in it. If they work hard they can produce very beautiful pieces (maybe not masterpieces, but well done work). Now are those pieces successful because of talent or hard work? Did initial interest and hard work cause the student to gain talent, or did having the natural talent give them the interest?
“Talent and the Long Haul” is the title of the section; I think this goes perfect with the statement which I understood meant that talent, time, and hard work are important to being creative.
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