polyglotplatypus:

Every time someone tells me “you have a gift”, I cringe. I know they’re trying to be nice but to me there’s no other way to perceive that but “you were born with talent”.
And it kinda brings me back to where I started.

Here’s a fun fact: although I’m not bad at playing the piano, if you compare my playing to one of someone with the same experience as me, you’ll see a huge gap and, eventually, how shitty I am.

The thing is, I have an amazing ear! I can learn melodies by heart and play them by memory. All of that to be stopped by my clumsy hands.

I’ve worked, so,so, so hard to have a better coordination but the progress I made is risible compared to the actual amount of work it took me to get there.
So I just repeat every single song I try to learn, over and over and over again.

Finally I can play them. Not because my hands are getting better but because I’ve tried so many times it’s hard to hit the wrong key. Then I try learning a new song and it’s a complete mess all over again, like I’d just started playing the piano.

Now, 99% of my followers know me because of my drawings and not my piano skills, but it’s the exact same thing.

I look at my art from 3 years ago. It’s a mess. Nothing makes sense, it’s just terrible. 2 years, one year, 6 months, 3 weeks. Terrible, terrible art.

“But you’re not terrible! I’d kill to be able to draw like you!”
“Ah, I tried to draw but it was way too hard for me…”
“Really, I’m sincere, you have a gift!”

The problem is, I don’t. This compliment just makes me cringe. It would mean so much if it came from an actual artist, though.

So there I am. I look like a pretentious asshole. Maybe I really am, but who knows?
If I’m here right now, if I can draw like that, play like that, I just want you to know:

I don’t have a gift, I started with the exact opposite. So why am I here right now?
Because I tried, and never gave up.

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