Bad Art

Alex · 12-02-2008, 05:11 PM

Didn't mean for this to turn into a Talk Alex Through His Insecurities thread.

The short of it is that I don't want to paint badly, I want to paint well. That means I don't want to go through the "learn to paint well" part. Similarly, I'd love to be a great dancer, but not enough that I'm willing to go through the being a sucky dancer part.

Yes, it is essentially that childish sentiment of "if I can't do it well, I won't do it at all" carried into adulthood. And that is the irrationality I speak of. Also, it is laziness; it would suck to put in the work and then find out that I didn't like it even if I did get good at it.

12-02-2008, 05:11 PM	#31
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Didn't mean for this to turn into a Talk Alex Through His Insecurities thread. The short of it is that I don't want to paint badly, I want to paint well. That means I don't want to go through the "learn to paint well" part. Similarly, I'd love to be a great dancer, but not enough that I'm willing to go through the being a sucky dancer part. Yes, it is essentially that childish sentiment of "if I can't do it well, I won't do it at all" carried into adulthood. And that is the irrationality I speak of. Also, it is laziness; it would suck to put in the work and then find out that I didn't like it even if I did get good at it.
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