>privilege
I get the point being made, but I can see "privilege" being used in place of the word "talent":
"Oh that person is so good they must have been born talented." vs
"Oh that person is so good they must be born privileged." vs
"Oh that person is so good they must have put in a lot of work and effort."
Resources and a support structure can make a huge difference, but you can't put too much emphasis on it compared to drive, which can cause people to succeed and flourish even when they had absolutely nothing. Give the same resources to a kid who doesn't give a shit about drawing and they probably won't show much improvement, if any. I'd say a good portion of "young talent" comes from a child being inclined towards their subject, thus devoting more time towards it in the beginning and coming off like they're natural born savants, when in reality they just started grinding without even knowing it. There are some things that will be born natural, like the ability to observe, deduce, question, criticize, etc, but like others have said, natural abilities go nowhere unless they're honed.
>>226420
Art bro...
(I admire your drive and tenacity and wish I had even a tenth of it so I could actually get off my ass and practice without getting bored/distracted)
>>226413
I'm a firm believer of "Live your life, do no harm, etc etc" but it was a bit disconcerting to be in a group chat where several people seemed to spring up as trans/NB like a common cold was being passed around...
>>226434
I checked to see what's up and yeah that's pretty bad... Wonder if we'll have to do the "confirm email or wait 15 minutes" thing 4chan does.
>>226451
I don't know about all that but I wish he would've stuck to writing about fat Touhous instead of trying to churn out all these projects. It feels a bit soulless.