...possess prodigious technical competency as a prerequisite to their genius.
think michaelangelo, mozart, shakespeare; or more relevant to our generation- perlman, hendrix, coen brothers, lynch
- heh, i feel guilty putting the contemporaries in the same sentence as their predecessors, when the difference in ability/genius is so apparent - but bear with me
i.e. 95% critics don't know what the fvck they're talking about. too many believe that they can know true inspiration without having potential, or worse- that they can minimalize another without possessing any sort of talent to call their own.
:: inspired by sitting through an idiot's tirade over the cafeteria table, about how tarantino makes scorsese and kubrick look like children.
think michaelangelo, mozart, shakespeare; or more relevant to our generation- perlman, hendrix, coen brothers, lynch
- heh, i feel guilty putting the contemporaries in the same sentence as their predecessors, when the difference in ability/genius is so apparent - but bear with me
i.e. 95% critics don't know what the fvck they're talking about. too many believe that they can know true inspiration without having potential, or worse- that they can minimalize another without possessing any sort of talent to call their own.
:: inspired by sitting through an idiot's tirade over the cafeteria table, about how tarantino makes scorsese and kubrick look like children.