Thoughts on a Tuesday
TIL: The phrase "Jack of all trades, but master of none" is incomplete. The full phrase is: "Jack of all trades, master of none. But better than a master of one." Which completely changes the tone of the maxim.
It's something that's been hurtled my way occasionally, by teachers, by family, by critics. Pick one thing and stick to it. Stop going all over the place. You'd be a much better artist/writer (and even within that: penciller/inker/digital painter/watercolorist/superrealistic/comic/graphic design) if you would just pick one. I'm sure it's true, but it's just not how I work, or think, or live.
So, to anyone else who struggles with their creativity being pulled in different directions, you now have an easy retort the next time you hear that colloquialism thrown your way!
It's something that's been hurtled my way occasionally, by teachers, by family, by critics. Pick one thing and stick to it. Stop going all over the place. You'd be a much better artist/writer (and even within that: penciller/inker/digital painter/watercolorist/superrealistic/comic/graphic design) if you would just pick one. I'm sure it's true, but it's just not how I work, or think, or live.
So, to anyone else who struggles with their creativity being pulled in different directions, you now have an easy retort the next time you hear that colloquialism thrown your way!
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