[LAU] OT: talent and craftsmanship [was: Re: OT: Dub Fx]

[Jeremy]

On 02/12/2010 01:14 PM, Lorenzo wrote:
> Hi,
>>> And even though a lot of comments mention that this guy has talent I
>>> oppose to
>>> that. This is a good example of craftsmanship, not talent.
>>>      
> Without entering the debate about the posted video (I guess everyone
> have their own tastes in music) I would like to object to an underlying
> concept expressed here that 'talent' is in contrast with 'craftsmanship'
> which recalls certain commonplace ideas where there is on the one side
> talent, 'artistic genius' and similer and on the other hand 'daily
> work', craft. I think there are many examples of artists who were/are
> great craftsmen without that implying they had no talent or that they
> weren't even geniuses. A good craftsman can be a real genius: an example
> which comes straight to my mind is Bach :)
> 
> Bests,
> Lorenzo

Hello Lorenzo,

I'm with you on that. I didn't say talent and craftmanship oppose each
other. I wanted to make clear that craftsmanship is something different
than talent because it's also a commonplace idea to confuse
craftsmanship with talent.

Best,

Jeremy