There’s one school of thought that believes that artists are born with their talent. That they enter this world with a unique ability to express the seen and even the unseen through visual art. They believe that God Himself has wired this select population with an innate ability to represent the natural world, communicate ideas, or even evoke emotion through their masterful use of line, shape color and composition.
There is another camp that believes that artistic talent is something that can be taught and not something you’re born with. They …

A pastor I knew mentioned this several years ago and, to me, it still is something I have to work on always :
“God never commits to talent, He commits to character.
He is in what you’re becoming, not what you’re doing”
If you spend more time being busy at your craft at the cost of time spent in the presence of God, you actually put yourself more at a loss than gain.
God can do more with a slightly talented, inexperienced designer who is sold out to Him, than he can a well …

The Project You Can’t Handle:
Think about a time when you were given the chance to do a creative project, commission or gig that was a pretty big opportunity. Now picture it as one of those projects that you knew would be almost too much of a challenge, be it skill, time, initial investment or whatever.
 

You know that feeling you get when you now that the opportunity’s yours, but it will take you really digging down deep to pull it off? Almost a feeling of inadequacy.
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