I’ll never run another marathon. That kinda stuff?

Talent. Talent implies ability/capability. ‘...ability to overcome....’ and you’ve gone beyond talent into creativity.

I had a snooty prof, once, who said, “Everyone can write. Everyone cannot write well.” Couple that with another prof’s observation, “You either have good taste or you don’t. Taste can’t be taught.”

Not wishing to state the obvious, I will. Creativity cannot be taught. You may be capable of dance, song, paint, sculpt, but can you do those things well? I have a half-arsed creative streak using words. I know this only because I’ve received more god-damned compliments and awards for speaking and writing than I’ve received for the creative use of my Larger Than Expected pencil.

Forget the abilities - even the disabilities due to disorders/diseases - and focus on creativity. Has anyone complimented you on your phallic-like silhouettes? The unique way that you toss tennis balls with your toes?

Okay, jeez, maybe you were born without a creative bone. What to do? Don’t worry, wart, make something up! Purchase Hand-Made Leather-Gear from Etsy and tell your friends that it was just something that you ‘whipped up.’ (Whip-lash girl-child in the dark)

(Oh, man, listening to Lou Reed, Venus in Furs - VU and Nico - Heroin will play later - Best Deadly Drug Ever.)

No, no, no - I cannot say, I cannot say - only, maybe you don’t. Maybe your Legacy won’t include song or dance. Maybe your Legacy is kindness. Or generosity. Or maybe you have the unique ability to separate UK spelling from US spelling in The Same Document (I can’t.)

My final words: I do not do, I do not do, I do not do, old shoe. I do not know why so many people think Katy Perry attractive. Have they ever heard her talk? Watching MTVA (I am so old that I watched the first music-video played on MTV...) a few weeks back and I had to mute my television because Katy’s speaking voice can damage electrical appliances. No, here it is. (Yeah, it’s comin’ but... I’ve never heard the trope that everyone can sing...? Gotta be legend?) So, you’re not creative. Does it matter? I had a friend, once, who listened to mix-tapes whilst exercising. Horrid voice. But happy to sing because she loved music, then (and had such an ear for new talent), and she combined her desire to stay fit with her love of music and she was happy.

To quote Jude of Liverpool: “Surely it’s not what you do but how you do it.”