is there an artistic gene?

[vurt]

generally escapism is self explanotary,its usually about getting away from the mundane side of your life.
for me i like to create my own worlds using sound where i can submerse myself away from the normal run of the mill day to day life around me,i can live on any planet of my choosing,with all my own landscaping and flora and fauna.the fact you smoke weed too,thats escapism.
even the wayward need to escape sometimes.

[egbert]

Genetic traits often skip a generation. My short-haired black-and-white mother cat had a kitten that looks exactly like her... and another that appears to be one of those exotic long-haired Siamese-looking breeds. Probably looks like grand-dad or great-grandma.

Cats are often impregnated by more than one male - they have multiple eggs and when they are on heat they attract toms from all around.

[Hink]

especially those stray cat sluts

[androidlove]

i've obviously inherited my dad's ability to clear a room with a fart

[Canned Heat]

[deaf dunderkwac]

certainly you are influenced by those around you too!
I have a 2 brothers who played instruments, as do I. A sister who doesn't,
Parents who were were't particularly musical or creative (my dad drove a cablecar, mom built guidance parts for missles)
My brother who was put up for adoption 'dad' was a fireman and the mom was mrs cleaver. Possibly escapism, but eventually seeking something was my driving force. (now it's back to escapism)
but I'm allergic to cats

[Cyprus]

My mom dances (no...not on a pole) and I'm sure that's where I got my musical talent from. I've always had a great sense of rhythm and have always been musical (even though I didn't play an instrument until my senior year in high school).

Rhythm is not something I learned, I never played with a metronome or anything, but even the first time ever playing with a band I've had no problems whatsoever.

Plus I'm sure my severe case of ADD helps a ton. I can't communicate worth a shit...but I can sure play fast!

[freeztar]

Genetic traits often skip a generation. My short-haired black-and-white mother cat had a kitten that looks exactly like her... and another that appears to be one of those exotic long-haired Siamese-looking breeds. Probably looks like grand-dad or great-grandma.

And sometimes it's just one of those things.

I surely have thought the same, which I wonder what that means for Relena and the next one on the way.

I'll be honest, I often feel that being adopted makes sure you'll spend your whole life in wrong place at the wrong time. So I then wonder if an artistic escape is natural because of the diversity in artists...but did I have choice....these things grow more interesting as my son is grown and for the first time I'm seeing a second generation in my bloodline...

I don't think it is a gene that births art, but rather a sensibility. As a child, I always wanted to draw and paint...basically create. I was no good at it at all and marvelled at the great pieces of art through time, even contemporary.
When I found my musical outlet, my world changed...

IMO>>>
Musical gravitation is the result of a special relationship with sound. Many factors may influence this, including: Family members that play instruments, early education that involves music theory, or ears that were born for analytical listening.

Who knows anyway?!
We make music for the same purpose we live, which is....

[geoffrey]

Has anyone read this about Robert Fripp? I remember an interview somewhere in which he said that he had no musical talent, skills, etc. when he was young. For him it was brutally hard discipline.(and spiritual work) My point is that at least to him, it's not genetic... I will try to find the interview, not expressing myself as clearly as I wish...)

[tuz]

Has anyone read this about Robert Fripp? I remember an interview somewhere in which he said that he had no musical talent, skills, etc. when he was young. For him it was brutally hard discipline.(and spiritual work) My point is that at least to him, it's not genetic... I will try to find the interview, not expressing myself as clearly as I wish...)

funny some people are the opposite. talent and skills but no discipline.

[geoffrey]

Yes, it takes all kinds to make a world....(musical or otherwise)

[Hink]

the thing about fripp was interesting....my best friend was in his mid 20's when I met him (we're old farts now)...in town he was never given any credit, it was a small town and really everyone let him down by thinking he was stupid...he really isn't, but he fell through the cracks...when I met him he had never played a thing, but had a great tape collection so we had something in common...I had an old bass and he took to it right away, soon we got a drummer and he sang and very well....the whole town was in shock....I wonder if I never moved to nowhere mass (Winchendon) if he would of started playing...anyhow he still plays and I've always been proud I help bring him that gift...

[geoffrey]

Creating lots of good karma for yourself and others Hink. You rock!

[dgkenney]

I'll be honest, I often feel that being adopted makes sure you'll spend your whole life in wrong place at the wrong time.

Perhaps the universe is more benevolent then you imagine and your situation of being adopted has put you in the right place at the right time.

Dan

[Meffy]

Cats are often impregnated by more than one male - they have multiple eggs and when they are on heat they attract toms from all around.

Yes, I've some experience with cats and kittens. :-}

There are no cats like the one that Kiptopeake resembles anywhere in this (isolated, somewhat self-contained) neighborhood. I strongly suspect his appearance throws back to an ancestor of the "Henry Crun" line of melanistic long-hairs that have been around here for a decade and a half, especially as one of his brothers looks like the Cruns.

I've seen the same kind of generation-skipping happen with humans, as well as other kittens whose parents I knew quite well.