On: Painting is Terribly Difficult

[TheOtherHobbes]

Picasso was a phenomenal artist. He'd mastered figurative painting by his mid-teens.

https://www.openculture.com/2018/08/pablo-picassos-masterful...

[thaumasiotes → TheOtherHobbes]

And yet none of that was relevant to his career.

[Arcanum-XIII → thaumasiotes]

It was very relevant. He used his knowledge to push it farther, analyzing thing to see how they could relate otherwise.

It's luck with bad painting.

It's a bit like know how a computer work deeply help you be a better develloper. You don't use your inner knowledge every day, but it will help you.