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Important aspect of this model is that sense of taste is not static. Two things: As skill is improved, taste may also improve at the same rate. When your taste
by catach 4y ago
Important aspect of this model is that sense of taste is not static. Two things:
As skill is improved, taste may also improve at the same rate. When your taste gap doesn't close, it can seem like you're not actually improving. Constant frustration that you're not as good as you want to be, despite actual progress. Comparing your work over time is a good way of grounding yourself.
Skill is capped by taste level. If you don't see how your work could be improved then you're not aware of how your skill can be improved. Expanding taste is as important as chasing it. The gap is good.
- sixstringtheory 4y agoI saw a great visualization of this long ago. It plots two curves of ability, one for execution and the other for evaluation. They both increase with sinusoid curves shifted so that when one plateaus, the other is at an inflection point at highest rate of increase. Technique and critique don’t necessarily advance smoothly at the same rate, leaving a variable gap over time, so sometimes you feel better about your work and sometimes you think it’s trash. The important thing is to keep practicing.