On Fri, 22 Mar 1996, Kevin Eav wrote:

Lousy writer she says....hmmm....why is it that some of the most talented 
people I know in almost every field have the worst time recognizing their 
own talent?

I tend to think that it's because the talented people are also talented 
enough to see the flaws in their own works that the rest of us miss.  
They're good enough to be able to see some ideal of perfection, but since 
nobody's perfect, they can't reach that ideal.  As such, they notice all 
the tiny little flaws and things that they're sure they ought to be able 
to do better, and consider themselves unskilled because they can't fix 
them.  On the other hand, those of us without such talent don't notice 
the flaws that keep the work from being perfect, and end up giving the 
talented ones praises they don't think they deserve.  In fact, both 
points of view are to an extent correct - for instance, Hitomi's work is 
doubtless better than a lot of what many of us could produce, but she's 
also correct in saying that from her point of view, it doesn't live up to 
her standards.  It's all a matter of perspective.

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