thought/ideas!!! Stu, it would be great to see that lady's artwork---amazing, but it goes to show, as you've pointed out, that we all have enormous potential. It is sad when circumstances affect people negetively....
This brings to mind something I am trying to help with right now---someone trying to learn to use techniques in a program for art...and this person being told not to expect to get results like someone else because they themselves won't even try it-----projecting this attitude of "if I think I can't do it, you shouldn't expect to either..." That really bothers me!!! I don't go for anyone telling someone they can't achieve something!!!!!!! I don't see how that could be of any help!!! Anyway, I'm offering to give all the help I can and I know from personal experience that anyone can do a portrait or any other type of image when given some help using the tools and a bit of direction/answering their questions with examples, etc...instead of just someone going on about how someone else can do it and "man, don't bother to think you will any time soon." If I can figure out how to do it, anyone can, especially with some questions answered.
My rant for the moment---sorry, but I know that I could help this person get the hang of it in a very short span of time. I've helped people learn to paint who had never tried it before and they thought they'd never be able to.......
I understand Stu's, and all of your points...and it's interesting to have something just crop up in the middle of all these thoughts which fits into the discussion of creativity and how to encourage it. Don't tell people they can't do it! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img] That's the first thing. Give encouragement and help with the questions, have patience.
Yes, the bumblebee---sorry to say it was deemed aerodynamically unsound---guess we'll have to scrap it! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] Nature has answers to questions we've never even thought of...I think we have abilities untapped (as that blind artist example vividly shows).
Terrific ideas everyone!!! I really appreciate your sharing them. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
Have a great day!!!
---As The Crow Flies!---
Maya
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover."
-Mark Twain
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