Tell us about a talent you’d love to
have...but don’t.
Well, this
could be a long list. I don’t think I could name just one since 3 things come
to mind right away! I’d love to be more naturally athletic, intuitively
talented at cooking and meal presentation, and I’d really, really love to be
good at illustrating my own children’s books.
The athletic thing…it is what it is. I am not terrible. I have some
grace and talent for things like yoga and dance, but I’m not naturally
aggressive in team sports nor do I have a driving determination to be the
fastest and best in individual sports such as running races, etc…I’d love to
have more of that drive and desire to take my exercising to the next level. I
used to cook, but it was pretty much all self-taught, and it was very simple and
southern, i.e. casseroles, 4 layer desserts, chess pies, crock pot meals, and
the like. I’ve learned so much more from watching my husband cook and getting
advice from him, but I don’t naturally have the instincts he does for what
would taste good together, how to plate something, or even the chef’s
imagination to put together a meal each night for dinner from what we have in
the house already. All that said, if I could give up having an athletic drive
or a chef’s instinct’s for the talent of book illustration, I would do so in a
heartbeat. Oh to be able to find an
illustration concept like Eric Carle’s unique collage techniques to put my
words into pictures. Thankfully, I have
2 very sweet children and a wonderful artist friend who have so graciously
given of their time and talents to illustrate my books thus far. How about you? What talent are you
missing?
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