I came across this quite randomly when I was searching for something else. I found a lot of things here really fascinating, esp the posts by a girl named Kay.
Of course there’s also a certain amount of science of human nature involved – whether a person can learn to something (in this case, draw) very well irrespective of whether he has talent or not.
In particular, I found the comments by Kay (kallen) simply fascinating…
The innocent recluse had not heard about the great battle that had been fought. Krishna was astounded at the question of his brahmana friend. For a while, he stood silent not knowing what to say in reply. Then he softly
disclosed what had happened.
“Sir, a terrible battle had been fought by the Pandavas and the Kauravas, I tried hard and applied every means to prevent the fight and make peace between them. But they would not listen. Almost all of them have perished on the field of battle. Who can stop the hand of fate?” Then he related all that had happened.
There is a story I vaguely recall from one of Alfred Hitchcock‘s collections… this is a murderously summarised version of an excellent murder story… but I can’t remember the reference to the original as I’d read it probably more than a decade ago. —— There was a guy who really hated his boss, having lots…
My son left on his own, first cried a bit trying to get anyone’s attention, and then tried moving around by himself. It seems like such a miracle how hard it is to for us to learn just to move one little inch forward! He was quite persistent for a while, gradually frustration and helplessness…
There is a thin line between just being lazy relaxing chilling out, and becoming complacent rusting away! 😈 For those readers who have no time or inclination for meditation (i.e. for yourself) still this post may be of value to you in any other field like your profession or any hobby, etc 🙂 When everything…
Finally I uploaded my photo from the previous Bangalore Weekend Shoot photographer’s club meet in Lalbagh… (Clicking on an image above takes you to a bigger version) I would like to invite you dear reader – can you send me a drawing of one of the above pictures…? A simple pencil sketch will do, unless…
[an article written several years ago from my old website] Answers from different people to this question may be "yes", "maybe", or "no, I just dont have the talent for it". Let us try to take a closer look at the question, by starting with the idea of Beauty, and considering the ability of other species to identify it….
