I don't think natural talent is nonsense at all. Do you think anyone can learn to sing like Bocelli with just enough vocal training? Is anyone and everyone going to be able to win multiple Olympic gold medals, or even swim half as strong or good as someone like Phelps if they put in the training? I don't think so. I think success is a mixture of natural talent with passion/obsession which drives them to practice and develop their talent so that they can rise above the competition and provide amazing value to the market. i can tell you right now that no matter how many art classes i take i'll never be able to paint something like this lol
and i have met some people who've never taken any sort of training or art class in their life and it's amazing what they can do, and as far as natural musical talents/guitar players especially? where does one even start lol
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Exactly, your fixed mindset has told you that, so you won't. However, with a growth mindset and enough time; who knows?
Imagine for one second, that I said to you, for the next 5 years, all of your financial needs will be taken care of, plus I'll give you some staff to look after your kids (if you have any), clean your house etc. All I want you to do, is learn to paint like that.
For 12 hours everyday, you have to take masterclass art lessons, I will give you Sundays off to relax and chill, and you can have 2 weeks off each year to just do what you want. However the rest of the time you have to be dedicated.
I will pay for the best art teachers, all over the world to teach you, you will go to Venice, Paris, London, Rome, anywhere you desire to learn your craft, you must paint, paint, and paint again, learn the rules, break them, remake them, unlearn and learn them again. If after 5 years, you still haven't learned to paint like that, then we will repeat for another 5 years, and another and another.
Now; one of two things would happen; you would give up, and your fixed mindset would say; "Pff, I'm never going to be able to paint like that, so I'm not going to bother trying".
Or you would become a fantastic painter, perhaps even surpassing the great Michaleangelo. Do you think he was born being able to paint like that? You are missing out on the process and looking at the final event. The fact is, you haven't seen his duds that he threw away, or painted over.
By the way, I have just described a similar path to how Jackson Pollock went from someone who couldn't paint, to a renowned artist :-)
Cg