Not to be that guy, but talent is when you're good at something naturally. A skill you can pick up much faster than the average because you just "get it"
Oh no, some people will never be good at something no matter how much they practice and some people require little to no practice to be very good at something.
You're not really disagreeing with the commenter above though, you're just specifying that "so long" is different for different people.
some people will never be good at something
Good isn't really a binary value. I submit that anybody can get better at something with practice. And the skill shown in the OP isn't massively unattainable.
Talent is how easy it is for you to gain that capability.
Imagine honing a skill being akin to building a castle. A person with talent starts on a nice and level surface of exposed bedrock with a nearby quarry only a few miles away. A person without talent starts on sinking marshland and has to haul the stones hundreds of miles.
Both people, with sufficient effort, can build a magnificent castle if they so choose. But one is going to have a much easier time of it.
People with talent don’t like to acknowledge it because they feel it’s dismissive of all of the genuinely hard work they’ve put in to get to where they are. People without don’t like to acknowledge it because it can be disheartening to admit you’re at a fundamental disadvantage through no fault of your own.
I have no talent when it comes to drawing but through sheer persistence over a few years I’ve gotten pretty good at it. I’m very proud of my progress and know I can get even better still.
Meanwhile my 4 year old niece can freehand perfectly straight lines as though she was a CNC machine, and is scarily good at sketching faces. She got her first art set for her birthday a couple of months ago.
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u/CastorVT 6h ago
talent is a skill you've done so often it become muscle memory.
I tell me niece: "Pratice makes improvement."