# Art v. Craft?  Skill v. Talent v. Creativity?  Critiquing someone's work?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 15, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-v-craft-skill-v-talent-v-creativity-critiquing-someones-work/698602 "2014-09-15T21:22:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-v-craft-skill-v-talent-v-creativity-critiquing-someones-work/698602/21 "2014-09-16T23:12:56Z")

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> [@CrazyCatLady](#):
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> I’m sorry your family was so shitty to you. I look on juggling the way my husband looks at spinning–no matter how little progress you’ve made, it’s still way better than I could do.

I like to joke that I’m the world’s worst juggler. Not because there aren’t people who aren’t as good as me, people who don’t know the pattern or can’t catch a beanbag they throw or over/underthrow every time and have no consistency whatsoever, or have no ability to keep it in a reasonable reach zone. No, my comment is that none of them have actually put any time and energy into learning, so they’re not jugglers. Whereas I have put in some reasonable time and effort, but now I can’t even maintain the pattern for more than about 3 or 4 throws.

Okay, it’s a lame joke - it’s my lame joke. Carry on.

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