Of course you are right about parents (and extended family members and friens) pass on what they have
to pass on. It is also true that inevitable gaps most probably do occur. A great deal of personal education is the awareness of those gaps which are felt to be important and then, if so desired, an active process to fill them in. Effective therapy promotes such a process. -----Original Message----- From: rigsy03 <[email protected]> To: "Minds Eye" <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Sep 17, 2009 7:02 am Subject: [Mind's Eye] Re: Does talent exist? But parents can only pass on so much knowledge/preparation to their off-spring based on their own experience. Survival/ moneymaking and display may have been their struggle and goal so that leaves a grand gap in the arts and culture. I am second-generation and was first to get a college degree and advanced studies but it was pretty low on the totem pole of family or marital values. I passed/am passing more on to my children and grandchildren but am still conscious of being unfinished in several areas. I was thinking of this last night listening/watching a symphony- perhaps the greatest example around for cooperation. A program on the construction of a Steinway followed- amazing- and I play the piano- who knew??? Yet, the skilled craftsmen that build these beauties are fading away in our robot/mechanical world. On Sep 16, 11:10?am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > I say yes. ?Mostly due to genetics. ?A will to learn combined with the > capacity to learn can yield amazing results. ?Combine this with > inherited traits such as excellent hearing/eyesight and/or > dexterity(all inherited) and you have an exceptional human being. > Yes, I know Beethoven was deaf but he wasn't born deaf. ?Too much pipe > organ is hard on the ears. > > dj > > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 6:22 AM, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well does it? > > > I say no, practice makes pefect, but what do you think?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
