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 :)
Sorry, J. S. Bach was both. His sons were only good craftsmen angry
because they couldn't make music as great as their dad's. ;-)
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