Our 28 August 2025 RoundTable 360° session was Supplies Limited: Talent -Is talent required to be creative? Is it required to make a living by your creations? Some people don’t know and don’t care. They follow their muses and to hell with all others. Some consider it a Holy Grail, an unobtainable thing of great value, mystical and financial.
- What is talent and how do we know (if) we have it?
- If you know you have talent, do you have to accept it? Use it? Billy Graham once said he was positive he wasn’t God’s first choice.
- What would #1 have been like?
- Why would he turn it down?
- Did he choose to demonstrate his talent quietly and God accepted that decision? Separate Muse for God and the same questions apply.
- Must creatives exercise their gifts?
- Publicly or privately?
- Do creatives have a responsibility to their art?
- If so, is there some kind of moral obligation involved?
- Since obligation may be a victimizing concept, are creatives who feel obligated to exercise their art prisoners to it?
- Do world-class creatives continue to enjoy their crafts or do they become just other gigs at the end of the day?
