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18 Responses to “Artistic Talent – Are You Born With It ?”

1. JazzyCat
   July 31st, 2010 at 8:21 pm

   I think in many ways “talent” does seem to run in families but not necessarily in the way that you would expect.

   I was thinking of the artist Lucian Freud, who has a famous brother – Clement Freud and a famous grandfather Sigmund Freud. The next generation of Freuds – including Emma and Matthew seem to be doing pretty well for themselves too!

   I suppose all of the family have “creative thinking” in one shape or another.

2. VanGoghsEar
   July 31st, 2010 at 8:21 pm

   Technique can be taught, so you can learn how to draw straight, understand perspective, texture, light and all of the actual physical parts of art. However, a great artist has something more that puts them on another level from the technicians.

3. ++ XyzaBELLA +
   July 31st, 2010 at 8:21 pm

   THere is a 75% chance that is a hererity thing. In my family no one practices it. THe only person who does is my older brother and I. I noticed it because I actually talked to everyone. Like past generations and no practice certainly because they never had the materials or time, to practice art in any way. Who knows. Oh, have you seen the episode in Ripleys believe it or not, where this guy had no artistic skills and he had an airplane accident and was hit on his right side of his head and all of a sudden he had big time skills he did sculputures, drawings and stuff. That happend to me I was in a car accident and was hit somehow on my right side of my head, it was so severe I almost lost eyesight. That’s probably were my art skills were triggered, and I was only six when that happend. SO this another way in which artistic talent comes from.

   What do you think about this?

4. ++ XyzaBELLA +
   July 31st, 2010 at 8:21 pm

   In other words not entirely born with it, I think?

5. ShanksLeRoux
   July 31st, 2010 at 8:21 pm

   lol that’s awesome
   brb, gonna bang a hammer on the right side o my head and hope i get some art skills :happy5:

6. creativebox
   July 31st, 2010 at 8:21 pm

   I can draw on paper abstract and make sketches, portraits with a model and i never went to an ArtSchool and never took any classes about techniques or else. I just make them. It’s strange ’cause i never thought about this. I always “run” on the net to look for art and get inspired to create stuff in Photoshop. Maybe i should drop this for a while and get into draw by hand..i don’t know.
   I have one man in my family (an uncle) who can paint, make sculpture and poetry. He have 3 books until now and 5 or 6 paint gallery in the city. He is very talented but a very strange man LOL – he really is!

   I think people are born with artistic talent. Many of them try to learn more but succeed only the ones that have born-skills and discover this. So i think everyone should try to see if there is the magic inside.

7. shug.mcc
   July 31st, 2010 at 8:21 pm

   QUOTE(Jazzy Cat @ Oct 14 2006, 01:52 PM) [snapback]8673[/snapback]

   
   I think in many ways “talent” does seem to run in families but not necessarily in the way that you would expect.

   I was thinking of the artist Lucian Freud, who has a famous brother – Clement Freud and a famous grandfather Sigmund Freud. The next generation of Freuds – including Emma and Matthew seem to be doing pretty well for themselves too!

   I suppose all of the family have “creative thinking” in one shape or another.

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   no one in my family is into creative arts [m/f+s/brother] nor further afield[ aunts +uncles]
   i taught myself how to draw at the late age of 22..from a book[ perspectives.. etc] in prison [boredom= oppertunity]
   so i think its a learned thing ,

   as for the freud family ,theres an artist and thinker the first freud to become ’’somebody’’ did he not pave the way for the others to be ’’famous’’by association ? lucien [thinker ] clement freud , a writer? tv persona?

   having a monied background ,surely gives any family oppertuneties, to learn many things like writing and TV [most people have to do real work ] therefore dont have the time for such persuits so miss out on the potential to be the best / very good at something. if we all had the means and oppertunity would the other freuds stand out as they do ,who knows

8. ++ XyzaBELLA +
   July 31st, 2010 at 8:21 pm

   Shanks Le Roux -
   “lol that’s awesome
   brb, gonna bang a hammer on the right side o my head and hope i get some art skills” :here:

   DOn’t try to do something like this. This happend to be but by accident, well it was a car accident and don’t under any circumstances do that. It would be funny, you would look like a ,doufous-spelling correction…lol, if I were there when you do something like this, then it be funny.lol…

   Well this is actually a funny story, I tell my sister to bang her kids heads well on the right side and she just wouldn’t do it she isn’t as fun as me I would do it to my kids but I… Well Im just typically mean to any kids…lol.. Oh welll…… :hehe:

9. M-tic
   July 31st, 2010 at 8:21 pm

   ++ XyzaBELLA + at the end of your comment you should add ˝Don’t try this at home!!!˝ hehehe ou i don’t know about my talent i kinda have a freaky a bit big big imagination…

10. Stillsky
    July 31st, 2010 at 8:21 pm

    I think it really depends on the person. Some people are born with it, others inherit it, while others start with nothing and work their butts off.

11. ++ XyzaBELLA +
    July 31st, 2010 at 8:21 pm

    Yeah forgot thanks, M-tic uh stillsky your right.. Yeah. :bounce:

12. kia06
    July 31st, 2010 at 8:21 pm

    I do think that being artistically inclined is something you are born with, however even if you are not born with it you still can learn it. I was not born with the ability to create art in photoshop but i learnt, its all a matter of how you learn it and take it in stride.

13. Cain
    July 31st, 2010 at 8:21 pm

    I agree with the genetic/ born to be/ hereditary point of view on this. Like many things in life there are people who never had much training in an area but exceeded everyone who had recieved the training. Like football players for example born into families with no footballing ties but they go on to become the best players in the world.

14. ftdale
    July 31st, 2010 at 8:21 pm

    I’d say that it’s a little more than heredity. Art is the distillation of talent. Meaning that it drips through bit by bit over generation, a little from your mom, a little your dad, you take a little bit from yourself and your wife and pass on the whole lot to your son. And one fine day, you have the genius born. That’s art. Just my 2 cents, so if you feel I’m wrong, feel free to trash it.

15. BluLagoon
    July 31st, 2010 at 8:21 pm

    Hereditary… is it the gene pool, or the influence of your surroundings? We could debate that all day, but let’s not confuse talent with success! There is a lot of crap getting top dollar, and a lot of “important” critics who have not an ounce of talent. Real talent is often overlooked!
    As for the physiological, if the right/left brain phenom is true, I feel safe saying that a brain trauma certainly can cause one to be more creative.(Remember, don’t try this at home…xyzaBELLA is an “expert”) But remember this… I am a lifelong musician with a 17 year old son who, although being exposed to every nuance of the creative and business side of the industry, never took any interest, never as much as touched the keyboard! About 3 years ago, (and no blows to the head) he picked up a guitar and is now the best lead player I have ever worked with! Why the delay?? (See him at http://www.siennablu.com)
    J. Coleman Miller

16. Proximus1
    July 31st, 2010 at 8:21 pm

    Technic helps to do ’good’ & ’academic’ work.
    Talent is something that no books or schools can teach.

    You born with it. The problem is to be aware of it and not too late

    Then, you can decide to develop or not your creativity or talent.

    I have many talented friends. Most of them are not aware of it…

17. nelchee
    July 31st, 2010 at 8:21 pm

    I believe the technical skill is something you learn, even though there are people who learn a LOT faster than others… like that kid Akiane you probably heard of.

    but the inspiration, the urge to create and the ability to think of new concepts is intrinsic, at least from what I saw. many people can just draw portraits and figures of pretty women/horses/whatever but there’s no story behind it. while it might be beautiful, it’s not really what I consider amazing art. I guess some people just lack imagination and that’s a lot more difficult to train than eyes and hand.

18. love4seas
    July 31st, 2010 at 8:21 pm

    [sea][/sea]I think that an artist has the ability to see things in many different ways.
    Artist is a broad term so creativity can take on many forms, depending on the individual.
    Technique can be taught but the ability and the natural desire to express oneself through art,
    and see things dementional(seeing gray areas as opposed to black and white)this definitely is a trait that is inherited.