Wanting to be something you are not must be a basic human need. I feel this way. I wanted to be athletic. I wanted to be able to sing and dance. I wanted to have hair. Actually, that hair thing is less and less of a problem. I like the close-cropped look and a nearly shaved head seems to be quite fashionable. It is only when my hair starts to grow a little I start to look bald. I think of the close-cropped head as fashion sort of like the rugged look of the two-day growth of beard.
Having just a little artistic talent would be very helpful. There must be great personal satisfaction in being able to draw or paint. I would find such skills of some professional value. I find myself creating digital content almost daily and I know that what I produce is fairly pedestrian. However, I can barely generate a legible signature let alone a recognizable sketch.
I do think I take interesting pictures. Is this counted as art? I avoid situations in which people expect me to take great pictures. Being asked to photograph a wedding would drive me crazy. What if you had the lighting wrong for a one-take opportunity. Capturing a given image is difficult, but given I can place myself in enough interesting settings, can bring my good equipment, and can take enough pictures, some great images will emerge. I accomplish my picture taking art through perseverance and heavy use of delete.
I like this picture. It is a great example of being in an interesting place with good enough equipment and taking enough pictures.
I also like this picture, but Google Photos made it into art after the fact. Some AI bot created a more artist image that I ever could using Photoshop. Still, I had enough sense to originally points the camera in the right direction.
There is a certain element of artistic expression that is illusive. What makes creative art? Is it art if you can convince someone else or is it good enough if you can convince yourself?