# If you could be a master in exactly ONE artistic discipline, what would it be? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 5, 2002, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954 "2002-04-05T06:39:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954/1 "2002-04-05T06:39:07Z")
Me, I’ve been told I’ve got some minor talent at writing. However, my life is such that I have a lot of feelings that I just struggle to put into words. I suppose I’d be a _great_ writer if I could, but until then, what I have just seems… inadequate. I feel like I really want to be a great graphic artist instead; then I could **really** express myself in a way that I’m not skilled enough to do right now. On the other hand, if I weren’t a good writer, I wouldn’t have the current job that I like so much, but still, this is only a hypothetical question. So what is it for the rest of you? Graphic art? If so, what kind? Music? What discipline? Poetry? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954/2 "2002-04-05T06:50:58Z")
Jizzing in bottles, hanging them from a tree, and getting paid to do it. Or writing. ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954/3 "2002-04-05T07:20:32Z")
Writing or piano. I can’t decide. ---
**Author:** ![ejrn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a6a055/32.png) [@ejrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ejrn)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954/4 "2002-04-05T07:42:12Z")
I think sculpture would be most satisfying. To create something beautiful, meaningful _and_ tangible would cover all the bases for me. Unfortunately, I have the artistic talent of a drunken hedgehog. I have managed to get writing published but that was just professional stuff. ---
**Author:** ![reoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@reoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reoch)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954/5 "2002-04-05T08:11:42Z")
The art of playing the guitar!!! whether it be classical, flamenco, rock, etc…I wanna be the master dammit!! Chicks dig guitar players:D Reoch ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954/6 "2002-04-05T08:30:17Z")
Writing. Which is odd, given how much I _hated_ prose when I was younger… ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954/7 "2002-04-05T11:05:01Z")
Painting in oils. ---
**Author:** ![donnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@donnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donnat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954/8 "2002-04-05T11:15:01Z")
glass blowing/pottery ---
**Author:** ![greenlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@greenlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greenlady)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954/9 "2002-04-05T12:20:03Z")
I’d like to be a “master” movie director. I think great directors have an artistic vision and somehow they’re able to capture that vision using so many parts (actors, cinematography, costumes, action, writing, sound, etc., etc., etc.). That, to me, seems to be incredibly difficult to do, so when it’s successfully done, is just outstanding. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954/10 "2002-04-05T12:41:19Z")
I’d want to be the finest composer of classical music. Back in high school I had fantasies that I was discovered composing music for 100-piece symphonies that were incredible. Now, I look back and think how silly that was, but still, it’d be cool to be able to do that. Either that, or be a master font designer. The world needs something other than Comic Sans, Times, Tekton, and Arial. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954/11 "2002-04-05T13:27:40Z")
Erotic Dance. But I’m stuck with being a paid writer. _sheesh_ ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954/12 "2002-04-05T13:30:24Z")
World design. (Okay, for those who quibble that world design does not quite exist as a separate specialty: Cartooning.) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954/13 "2002-04-05T13:35:04Z")
I’d be on Broadway, except I can’t sing or dance. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954/14 "2002-04-05T13:40:36Z")
I’d go with writing. My husband wishes I could sing well. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954/15 "2002-04-05T13:41:07Z")
Photography. I love black and white portraits, and things like Howard Schantz’s underwater work REALLY make me wish I knew what the hell I was doing. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954/16 "2002-04-05T13:44:09Z")
Cartooning. Because the sophisticate & the lowbrow alike both love to laugh. I’d make people happy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954/17 "2002-04-05T14:17:22Z")
Music. More specifically, I just wish I had a beautiful tenor voice with great range and perfect pitch. As it stands now, I love to sing. Absolutely love it. But my voice sucks. ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954/18 "2002-04-05T15:04:17Z")
Guitar, I want to be able to make it sing. Right now it sounds more like cats fighting at times. But I’m trying. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954/19 "2002-04-05T15:48:18Z")
Surf guitar all the way, baby. ---
**Author:** ![Serendipity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Serendipity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serendipity)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954/20 "2002-04-05T16:14:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Simetra \* > \*\*But my voice sucks. \*\* This is patently untrue. **Simetra** has the most beautiful voice that I have ever heard; I melted the first time he sang for me (and I’ve continued to do so every time I’ve heard him sing since.) Even if I wasn’t completely in love with him, I’d still be sure that he has a perfect voice and I’d still love listening to him sing. [/mushy girlfriend mode] I’d like to be able to write. I used to love writing – and I used to be praised for it constantly in school – but the words just don’t come to me any more. I think I peaked too early. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-be-a-master-in-exactly-one-artistic-discipline-what-would-it-be/101954.md?page=2)