Spoken: “I wish I could draw like you. I just canNOT draw.”
Actual unspoken thought: “I’m envious of your drawing skill and feel I have no ability whatsoever to accomplish anything remotely similar.”
What you mean to say: “I’m envious of your drawing skill. I wish I magically had the ability to draw because it’s good to be able to draw. You must just be a naturally talented person and I’m not… because I can’t draw like that and never will be able to.”
Reality: Drawing is a skill like any other. It requires effort, practice, and time to develop. You choose not to apply yourself in order to develop your drawing skill. You berate yourself for your crappy first drawings instead of patting yourself on the back for having drawn something. You give up on drawing almost immediately because it’s “hard”, yet you somehow find the ability to deal with the entire world and your life’s situations on a daily basis.
I CAN’T
Bullshit. You choose not to. Should you choose to apply yourself, have patience, and stop with your garbage negativity, you will absolutely learn how to draw much better.
So, shut your mouth and draw something laying around your desk or house. Then draw something else. Then draw the first thing all over again, this time with more detail and careful consideration for what you are seeing with your eyes. Draw something every day. Turn your frigging moronic TV off, go to a quiet place with no cell phone, and DRAW.
Or don’t. Just don’t tell me, with envy, that you “can’t” because you’re going to get an earful.
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But I had no hands and my jaw/lips are to week to grip a pencil? ;) I agree and I think that’s largely the case with nearly all “talents.” Someone might start off a little better than another person, but skills have to be practiced to improve on them. That being said, I really need to get back to painting.