I was just wondering about something. I've tried my hand at both writing literature and writing music. I went into both with no training or knowledge of how to write them. In terms of my literature, I wrote good works, with rare cases of the mediocre or dreadful. However, concerning my music, the vast majority of it has been dreadful or mediocre, and the good works were flukes or rare exceptions.
I wonder if this might have something to do with the fact I started writing 11 years ago, but only started music 2 years ago. Even though I never trained in the common way for either, I have improved both through trial and error. Granted, I still am terrible at music, but I have also done that a lot shorter of a time than writing.
My point here is this: Is it possible that someone might be able to learn and grow on their own accord, through trial and error, without study? I would think so, or else arts would not come to fruition, let alone face evolution. When I approach music in the way my mind naturally works, as if it is all numbers and equations and algorithms, I make better works than if I throw the book at the matter. When I write stream-of-consciousness, I do better than if I thought my words up ahead of time (showing that improvisation is stronger for me in both types of writing).
I'm not particularly sure where I'm going with this, but it is just what was on my mind...
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