As I’m watching the movie A Beautiful Mind again, I wish I had talent or intellectual prowess like his or my dad. You see, on my dad’s side, everyone is either high IQ or highly artistic. My mom’s side is filled with mechanically inclined people, the chief among them being my grandfather and my brother who were both prodigal with cars. I didn’t seem to get any gift of intellect or skill from them. Maybe it’s just a matter of taking the time and developing something.
Another aspect that I wished I could imitate Nash is his ability later in life to stay away from antipsychotics. I know I’m not alone in this, as I’m sure we all wish we could get away from neuroleptics and second generation antipsychotics.
Anyway, I’m still incredibly grateful for what I do have and recognize that I’m better off than a lot of schizophrenics because of my external factors.
If you want to be accomplished in an art, pick something that interests you and go at it hard. For years. Expect a decade to develop competency and another decade to develop mastery.
Very true, my grandfather is a professional artist with awards in America and France, and he started young. He did it to escape his reality of abuse from his brother’s and mom. He wrote comics which we still have and you can see the evolution of his art. Then he went to art school in Chicago and mastered it, even though he doesn’t think so.
My dad has an IQ of 160, but I think the difference is conscientiousness as opposed to raw intelligence or skill. You can be a genius and lazy at the same time. And my dad certainly was lazy in school because he found it dumb and easy.
