Talent Envy

I really envy people who have talent. To be more specific, I envy people with artistic talents. People who can draw well or paint or are musical or who have really nice voices and can sing. I envy people who create beautiful jewelry or all the cool stuff you see on Etsy. I also think that people who knit, crochet & sew are extremely talented. I can crochet to some extent but have never created anything recognizable or worth keeping. I tried to learn to knit but really need someone with tons of patience to sit with me and help me.

My drawing talent seems to have "arrested" at about the 1st grade level. I was hoping that PhotoShop might help me out but it takes a lot of time to learn how to use it and it's slow going when you're trying to learn on your own. I attempted pottery back in high school but never got past clunky coffeecups whose handles fell off the first time they were used. My adventures in trying to work with stained glass in high school were equally fruitless. You'll laugh, but I have a poster that I got back when I was around 14 years old. It's the kind you colour with markers. I STILL have it and it STILL isn't finished yet.

I keep blogging hoping that the practice writing will help me as a novelist. There are many days when I question whether there is any value at all to blogging beyond the fact than it's cheaper than going to a therapist. Things happen and I think about what a profound and/or witty blog post it will make and then when I actually get here and write it out, I find it was one of those "geez, I guess you really sortve needed to be there for this to seem profound/witty" things.

Speaking of the novel, I suppose I should get back to working on it. Keeping up a decent pace so far and on target to finish just fine.

My question for tonight... Blogospherians... what are your talents?