Some suddenly become accomplished artists or musicians with no previous training

Post by dr_teh » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 4:51 PM UTC

My dad's second wife could draw photorealistically with a pencil from looking at something. She never practiced, never had training, never even showed any enthusiasm for it.

It was one of the most soul-crushing things to witness that. She once drew some animals in my notebook and at school the teachers grabbed it out of my hand and wanted to move me to an art academy. When I told them who actually drew it, and how, they were utterly speechless.

Imagine someone drawing monochrome photorealism as casually as scribbling some stick figures. She couldn't draw anything that she didn't see, but she didn't show any understanding of how incredible that ability is either. And she's now an accountant...

Unfortunately this was 15 years ago or I'd add one of the drawings. But here is something similar (even the detail on the hair):

http://www.remrovsartwork.com/uploads/7/9/8/3/7983811/380163...

Post by torstenvl » Sat, Jul 28, 2018, 8:15 AM UTC

ntumlin wrote: post #87

torstenvl wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think most people underestimate the amount of discipline that it takes to get good at something, and overestimate the amount of time it takes. Truer words have never been spoken, across all kinds of domains. When I was a fat desk nerd and decided to become a Marine, I was surprised at how quickly I was able to transform my body and gain the required physical skills - once I found the motivation and discipline. Ditt…

What did you do to train?

Intermittent ketosis with a 1500 kcal budget (net after exercise), a lot of pull-ups, elliptical, running. Weight training focusing on arms, chest, shoulders, some leg work.

I lost 25# over about 3-4 months while also being more muscular than I'd ever been. Ended up submitting my application with a 290 PFT score out of 300 (20 pull-ups, 100 crunches in 2 minutes, 19:32 3-mile runtime).

Re: Some suddenly become accomplished artists or musicians with no previous training

Re: Some suddenly become accomplished artists or musicians with no previous training