[stylist] Intuition

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Eve,

You are absolutely correct about a "degree" or some education in the
arts not being enough to "teach" talent. Without talent, the creative
drive does not back the knowledge. Critics, such as art, literary and
theatre critics, are usually those equipped with the knowledge but not
the talent. Education alone can not provide one with talent, but it can
enhance the craft or even awaken it within a person.

As a person who chose to pursue a formal education in creative writing,
I know the value of sitting at the feet of great practitioners of the
skill, and the  ability to fine-tune your own craft.

With any art form, multiple schools of thought exist. I learned to
broaden my horizons and seek various ways in which to tell a story; some
I had never considered before. I spent four years sharpening my skills,
learning to polish and refine them.

When I was a college student right out of high school, I was a vocal
performance major. Again, talent alone can get you so far, and education
in an artistic expression does not automatically provide one with
talent, but combining the two gives you an opportunity to direct a craft
to mold to you as an individual and to hone the skill. I learned to make
my voice soar; to execute a performance and make my voice a well-oiled
machine. Proper breathing, correct pronunciation, emotive performances,
projection, learning musical and vocal composition and vocabulary- all
these things and more exercised my vocal ability .

I also have danced since I could walk. My mother is a dancer and has
owned her own studio, on and off, since the late 80s. Again, those with
natural ability often pick up the technique quickly and well; those who
do not have a gift for dance can learn how to dance technically but
lack, as so many like to say today, that X factor- that something
special exuding from you through an artistic expression.

In all these cases, and many others, I find a combination of the talent
along with education of some kind is what takes our ability in a certain
area and takes us to another level. A class alone will not instill a
gift in a person who does not have a natural ability in any given arena,
but armed with certain knowledge is what often transforms our raw talent
into a unique, well-honed talent. The pressure applied through learning
and practice is what refines us into sparkling gems.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
 
"History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan

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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:01:27 -0600
From: Eve Sanchez <3rdeyeonly at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Intuition
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Lynda, Intuision pulls from our natural talents. These are those that we
are born with. Learning and experience could contribute to these
talents, but not create them. An education or degree is just that, a
piece of paper. Paper is often used to create but the artistic talent
will not manifest itself without the other materials needed; intuition.
It is truely a circular process. Just my thoughts on this, but then
again I m knot artisically edykated. :) Eve