Hm.... well, by your definition, my hobby isn't drawing or writing, it's
"storytelling", since that is the Thing that I want to do in my spare time,
which currently translates to some combination of art (which I have more
natural intuition for) and writing (in which every word feels hard). Not
to mention roleplaying, which I used to have time for and hope to have time
for again. So what is it that ultimately drives my hobby? And how much
did talent feed into my pursuit of this hobby?
What sort of advice would you, a non-artist, like to see re: art and
natural talent? I'm thinking back to being 16 and having grown up in a
family environment where art was just not something that people did because
it was frivolous and pointless. I saw a friend draw something and thought
"I can do that, too," so I went to the library to check out a book about
drawing, and then bought a sketchbook that I hid from my parents and
started filling it.... What advice would I have given my past self? "Hey
you have talent in this so keep doing it"? "Hey if you keep doing it
you'll be able to tell the stories that you want to tell"? "Hey, it's
going to be hard because no one is going to take you seriously but it's
worth it"?
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Date: 2019-12-21 07:01 am (UTC)Hm.... well, by your definition, my hobby isn't drawing or writing, it's "storytelling", since that is the Thing that I want to do in my spare time, which currently translates to some combination of art (which I have more natural intuition for) and writing (in which every word feels hard). Not to mention roleplaying, which I used to have time for and hope to have time for again. So what is it that ultimately drives my hobby? And how much did talent feed into my pursuit of this hobby?
What sort of advice would you, a non-artist, like to see re: art and natural talent? I'm thinking back to being 16 and having grown up in a family environment where art was just not something that people did because it was frivolous and pointless. I saw a friend draw something and thought "I can do that, too," so I went to the library to check out a book about drawing, and then bought a sketchbook that I hid from my parents and started filling it.... What advice would I have given my past self? "Hey you have talent in this so keep doing it"? "Hey if you keep doing it you'll be able to tell the stories that you want to tell"? "Hey, it's going to be hard because no one is going to take you seriously but it's worth it"?