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Originally Posted by tabs
However if you have talent there is quality in spontaneity...just take a look at Van Gogh or Picasso's work. So it ain't necessarily so that quality is reflected by the "care" one gives in the presentation of line. It is the idea and imagination behind it.
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Ooooh my! I do believe that you may be mixing together impatience/lack of attention to detail with adroitness/spontaneity!
While both of those painters worked with great alacrity (Van Gogh sometimes at a fevered pitch, by historical accounts) NONE of their work exhibits even a hint of uncertainty or carelessness, though roughness and apparent speed of execution might lead an uninformed viewer to think that it does.
Their genius lies partially in the fact that they could express themselves with such clarity and power, often, especially in the case of Picasso, with an extraordinary economy of means.
Show me litererary examples written by acclaimed writers that you compare to off-handed first drafts such as we post here and I'll be open to enlightenment.
Incidentally (not authoritatively), I know a little bit about that of which I speak, being a painter myself. And, brer Tabs, I'd never consider comparing my posts (which are also ALL first drafts) using examples of geniuses as an analogy!
