Flying Squid to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 2 years agoMy grandfather was an aircraft inspector for De Havilland in WWII. This is one of the notebooks he used to study for the job. He drew all the pictures.ibb.coexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1367arrow-down15
arrow-up1362arrow-down1external-linkMy grandfather was an aircraft inspector for De Havilland in WWII. This is one of the notebooks he used to study for the job. He drew all the pictures.ibb.coFlying Squid to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 2 years agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-square@Dr_Decoy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•edit-22 years agoWhy do you think you don’t? I find talent runs through families. It often manifests in different ways generation to generation, but it’s there. Maybe you just don’t see your unique talents and skill sets as on par with his, but I bet he would. 😉
minus-squareFlying SquidOPlinkfedilink1•2 years agoI meant I wish I had an ounce of his talent when it came to things like drawing and woodworking.
minus-square@yuriy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•2 years agoTalent and skill are often mistaken for eachother. You still have plenty of years to be chasing passions and building skills yourself!
He sounds like he was incredibly talented.
He was. I wish I had an ounce of his talent.
Why do you think you don’t? I find talent runs through families. It often manifests in different ways generation to generation, but it’s there. Maybe you just don’t see your unique talents and skill sets as on par with his, but I bet he would. 😉
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I meant I wish I had an ounce of his talent when it came to things like drawing and woodworking.
Talent and skill are often mistaken for eachother. You still have plenty of years to be chasing passions and building skills yourself!