> Everyone likes to pretend that the ability to draw is some sort of mystical power bestowed upon artists while they were still in the womb. HN in particular should understand how silly this is, because non-technical people generally think the same thing about programming and general computer skills.
I used quotation marks around "naturally" because I don't believe that my abilities are completely determined by genetics. I think "nurture" may have just as profound an effect on my lack of drawing ability, namely the fact that I was never interested in drawing when I was younger (when I suspect my brain was naturally more inclined to learning such things). And I do believe the same thing about programming: I doubt that a completely computer- and math-illiterate person in their mid twenties would likely find it easy to learn programming.
> Learning to draw is largely the same experience for everyone.
I highly doubt that. It's one thing to say that anyone could eventually learn a skill like drawing, but an entirely different thing to say that everyone has very similar experiences learning to draw.
> If you don't think that this process is worth the effort, then you don't really want to be able to draw, as you originally claimed.
That's a silly semantic argument about what I meant. Wanting to be able to draw has nothing to do with being willing to do whatever it takes to be able to draw.
>That's a silly semantic argument about what I meant. Wanting to be able to draw has nothing to do with being willing to do whatever it takes to be able to draw.
It isn't about semantics. If you wanted to draw well, you would draw. You said that you will not so I think that its a fair statement that you don't really want to.
I used quotation marks around "naturally" because I don't believe that my abilities are completely determined by genetics. I think "nurture" may have just as profound an effect on my lack of drawing ability, namely the fact that I was never interested in drawing when I was younger (when I suspect my brain was naturally more inclined to learning such things). And I do believe the same thing about programming: I doubt that a completely computer- and math-illiterate person in their mid twenties would likely find it easy to learn programming.
> Learning to draw is largely the same experience for everyone.
I highly doubt that. It's one thing to say that anyone could eventually learn a skill like drawing, but an entirely different thing to say that everyone has very similar experiences learning to draw.
> If you don't think that this process is worth the effort, then you don't really want to be able to draw, as you originally claimed.
That's a silly semantic argument about what I meant. Wanting to be able to draw has nothing to do with being willing to do whatever it takes to be able to draw.