What talents do you have?

[dupin]

I was just wondering what talents people have here.

My main talent is my art - I'm a contemporary artist and I work with shapes and lines mostly, like abstract art, which is because I really can't paint at all. I'm working on a few project at the moment, one of which is a conceptual art project (kind of inspired by Amy, I wasn't completely aware of conceptual art as an option until BB:CH).

I'm also Grade 6 Piano and Grade 5 saxaphone and I can kind of play the guitar.

What about you?

[Lauren]

Pretty lame; but I have a firm grasp on empathy and insight. I know exactly why people do things, what they will do, their motives, their problems, how best to deal with it. It helps considering I'm doing a Psychology degree and want to be a Psychologist.

[Stu]

I dont like the tag of 'Talents' or being 'Talented' because soebody who gives themselves either of those tag probably are not. I can play bass , I can play guitar , I have a pretty wicked tolerance to alcohol , and im fairly funny when put under a spotlight at a drunken party , but would I consider them talents? No. Millions of other people can do them , and I dont particulary do that stuff better than others.

[Sam!]

I don't think I have one which makes me feel rather stupid lool. Used to play trombone, clarinet and golf but got bored of them all lool. I werent very good either. Better at golf but thats cause my dads really good so he helped lool. Maybe I'm just ****. :laugh:

[FictitiousHouse]

Originally posted by Lauren
Pretty lame; but I have a firm grasp on empathy and insight. I know exactly why people do things, what they will do, their motives, their problems, how best to deal with it. It helps considering I'm doing a Psychology degree and want to be a Psychologist.

I am pretty much the same. I can tell when my wife hasnt cleaned properly, I see it in her eyes and go on a secret mission, checking for dust and grime :joker: Im only joking btw.

[Captain.Remy]

I speak 4 languages fluent (French, English, Italian, Russian),
I am a DJ (since 15)
I am a politician as I'm Student of The Year, the chairman of the Young Municipal Council in Marseille, I've been Class President for the 6th time and I am the representant of a charity against obesity.
I work in a luxury Hotel for the some holidays and some week ends. I started when I was 16, which is quite incredible for this industry.

I don't think those are talents or that I am talented at all. I'm lucky I guess.

[Princess]

Well I know a lot about Take That :laugh: I can kinda sing,I'm an alright writer,I can bake. I have fashion sense,does that count? Hah I don't really have any proper talents really.

[FictitiousHouse]

Originally posted by Captain.Remy
I speak 4 languages fluent (French, English, Italian, Russian),
I am a DJ (since 15)
I am a politician as I'm Student of The Year, the chairman of the Young Municipal Council in Marseille, I've been Class President for the 6th time and I am the representant of a charity against obesity.
I work in a luxury Hotel for the some holidays and some week ends. I started when I was 16, which is quite incredible for this industry.

I don't think those are talents or that I am talented at all. I'm lucky I guess.

Well thats quite impressive :thumbs: I would love to learn another language. I think I would choose French or Spanish myself as I think those two are so widenly spoken apart from English which I speak fluently, thank god :laugh:

[tinkerbell]

Originally posted by Captain.Remy
I speak 4 languages fluent (French, English, Italian, Russian),
I am a DJ (since 15)
I am a politician as I'm Student of The Year, the chairman of the Young Municipal Council in Marseille, I've been Class President for the 6th time and I am the representant of a charity against obesity.
I work in a luxury Hotel for the some holidays and some week ends. I started when I was 16, which is quite incredible for this industry.

I don't think those are talents or that I am talented at all. I'm lucky I guess.

I speak Spanish English Italian and Russian !! we should totally be BFF.

[Captain.Remy]

Message original : FictitiousHouse

Well thats quite impressive :thumbs: I would love to learn another language. I think I would choose French or Spanish myself as I think those two are so widenly spoken apart from English which I speak fluently, thank god :laugh:

Thank you. :wink:
Learning new languages is something amazing, the real foreign one was English cause my parents are russian and italian then it helped a lot.
Just try and you will see, it's something addictive. :hugesmile:
(Choose French by the way :tongue:)

[Captain.Remy]

Message original : tinkerbell

I speak Spanish English Italian and Russian !! we should totally be BFF.

I tried Spanish but I don't like it, it doesn't attract me at all.

Wow you speak 4 languages aswell, è splendido ! :hugesmile:

[MarkWaldorf]

I'm good at voice impressions? Lmao. I also think I'm good at graphics..(not just banner making, all other graphic aspects) I play the keyboard as well.

[Sam!]

Wow Remy! I well wanna try Djing in my life. I just speak English, German and Spanish. (Doing both for my GCSES)

[miracles]

I am an ice-skater.
I take part in competitions and shows all the time.
I have one coming up in London soon.
I also used to play the violin. Not the best at it anymore though. :tongue:

[Magic]

I ride horses, and have done quite well, went to HOYS. And I can kind of play the keyboard.

[FictitiousHouse]

Originally posted by Captain.Remy
Message original : FictitiousHouse

Well thats quite impressive :thumbs: I would love to learn another language. I think I would choose French or Spanish myself as I think those two are so widenly spoken apart from English which I speak fluently, thank god :laugh:

Thank you. :wink:
Learning new languages is something amazing, the real foreign one was English cause my parents are russian and italian then it helped a lot.
Just try and you will see, it's something addictive. :hugesmile:
(Choose French by the way :tongue:)

I will start this spring :thumbs: My wifes sister speaks fluent french and we dont get on too well. Id love to hear exactly what she says when we go round to her house and she is having a natter to her hubby in der lingo that I dont'a speakin :laugh: I bet Im being dissed

[FictitiousHouse]

Originally posted by miracles
I am an ice-skater.
I take part in competitions and shows all the time.
I have one coming up in London soon.
I also used to play the violin. Not the best at it anymore though. :tongue:

Are you going to watch Dancing on ice - make me a star?

[Shaun]

I seem to be able to find new songs ages before they're "released", which is annoying more than talented :tongue:

I can't really sing, act, dance or do art but oh well. I suppose I'm quite talented at English and Politics, plus languages.

Oh and some random ones- I'm fairly good at the DDR Dance Machines, can do a good voice impression of Bo Selecta's Mel B, and singing Grace Kelly when on helium.

[Captain.Remy]

Message original : FictitiousHouse

I will start this spring :thumbs: My wifes sister speaks fluent french and we dont get on too well. Id love to hear exactly what she says when we go round to her house and she is having a natter to her hubby in der lingo that I dont'a speakin :laugh: I bet Im being dissed

Then you got one more reason to learn French ! :hugesmile:

[Spike]

I don't think I have a talent :laugh:

[Arneldo]

My passion is acting, although I have never done it professionally, have any training and preformed in front of an audience.

I suppose it's not really a talent then :laugh:

[FictitiousHouse]

Originally posted by Spike
I don't think I have a talent :laugh:

Everyone has some talent. My wife says I am very talented in a particular area :colour: But outside the bedroom I know I can do loads more talented things, the couch, the floor, the phone box :thumbs2::thumbs2:

No, on a serious note I am very good at carpentry and electrical. I work a lot from home, my garage is basically a workshop while my car stands in the rain outside. One day we hope to move to somehere bigger with a bigger garage or massive shed so I have more room

[xDramatick]

Actor.
Singer.
Songwriter.
Dancer.

inthatorder.

Uhm. I've participated in like. loads of shows, in+out of school, especially for drama. Singer, did singing lessons for a few years, sung at a few shows. Songwriter, I'm always writing, and I haven't danced properly for two years but I used to be in a dance group at my school.

[Conzors]

Well..

I came 3rd in my school X Factor.
I can play the keyboard and the steel drums, and the drumkit.
I can act(i think)
And someone also told me i was too happy(not sure if thats a talent though),

Conz xx

[Conzors]

Oh and i got student of the year last yearfor participating in so many things.

[goroos1994]

I have a talent that I'm in existance today.
Well, I also play the piano, play in tenpin bowling competitions, play tennis tournaments, and yeah thats it.

[dupin]

We could be on Celebrity Hijack :P I can imagine us holding up those purple signs ...

Linguist
Ice Skater
Contemporary Artist
Horse Rider
Actor
etc.

Heh...

[Dan_]

I've won awards for things but that's only on a minor scale, so I wouldn't say that I have one specific talent.

[Legend]

I play a lot of football and won a few trophies from it.

That's as far as it goes talent wise ... though I'm a good writer.

Oh and I'm also a good shooter. LEGAL shooting :tongue: I've still got some of my targets and some of the groupings are pretty impressive LOL.

[Dan_]

Originally posted by Legend

Oh and I'm also a good shooter. LEGAL shooting :tongue: I've still got some of my targets and some of the groupings are pretty impressive LOL.

Same here! I normally have a go at country fairs during the summer.My dad always gets the highest scores, damn him :laugh:

[Legend]

Originally posted by Dan_
Originally posted by Legend

Oh and I'm also a good shooter. LEGAL shooting :tongue: I've still got some of my targets and some of the groupings are pretty impressive LOL.

Same here! I normally have a go at country fairs during the summer.My dad always gets the highest scores, damn him :laugh:

Luckily my dad can't shoot for s.hit. :laugh:

Do you ever go on the rifle ranges to shoot? I've not been for a while but really want to go again soon.

[Ashleee:)]

Gymnastiocs and Boxing...combing the two is a laugh!

And i also won various awards at school/out of school for my english discursive/personal essays etc

i dont really think im talented but its what im goos at :)

[Dan_]

Originally posted by Legend
Originally posted by Dan_
Originally posted by Legend

Oh and I'm also a good shooter. LEGAL shooting :tongue: I've still got some of my targets and some of the groupings are pretty impressive LOL.

Same here! I normally have a go at country fairs during the summer.My dad always gets the highest scores, damn him :laugh:

Luckily my dad can't shoot for s.hit. :laugh:

Do you ever go on the rifle ranges to shoot? I've not been for a while but really want to go again soon.

My dad's got loads of trophies for clay pidgeon shooting, so not much chance of me beating him lol.

He's also very good at archery and that thing where you knock coconuts off stands.One time me and him just turned up and knocked off the whole lot of coconuts, hardly a miss between us lol.

I think I've only done the rifle ranges once but that was a quite a few years back.

[Tom]

I've got loads of football trophies, played from when I was about 3 right until I was 15 when an injury put me out for good. I was almost scouted as well :mad: I've also done a bit of swimming which I've got 1 or 2 awards for but I never really stuck at that. The last sport I've done is boxing from when I was 13 until now, 18. I've won a few national tournaments (both amateur and semi pro), came runner up in a few others and I've had offers to do more semi pro national and international tournaments but I'm not as committed to it as some of my boxing mates are and I don't want it as badly as they do so I tend to turn it down so one of them can do it instead. I just use it as a pass time rather than something which can be a future career unlike them. So basically I'm an all round athlete :spin2:

[BigSister]

im ok at writing i can do the charts good at work and quickly erm im a fast reader i dont really know what im good at im not really good at just 1 thing

[Nicky.]

Im double jointed and i am a pretty good swimmer =D xx

[nicola001]

eeerm my talents well where do i start ..
haha joking :blush2: i actualy dont have any

well i used to do irish dancing and got lots a medals and stuff but i had to give up because i got arthritis in my legs lol
apart from that i am useless at everything cant sing, cant act, so baseically i am talented at being useless hehe

( tasha reminded me another one to add to my useless list swimming, had so many lesson and still cant swin haha)

[nicola001]

Originally posted by miracles
I am an ice-skater.
I take part in competitions and shows all the time.
I have one coming up in London soon.
. :tongue:

omg really dont even get me started on ice staking
I am a professional clinger on to the edger lol
It is so embarising when i fall and the men in BRIGHT orange jackets come to help you up !! * cringe*

But i would love to be able to skate !

[nicola001]

omg just remembered haha i do have a talent ! wooo :cheer:
i can play the steel pans

[FictitiousHouse]

Originally posted by nicola001
eeerm my talents well where do i start ..
haha joking :blush2: i actualy dont have any

well i used to do irish dancing and got lots a medals and stuff but i had to give up because i got arthritis in my legs lol
apart from that i am useless at everything cant sing, cant act, so baseically i am talented at being useless hehe

( tasha reminded me another one to add to my useless list swimming, had so many lesson and still cant swin haha)

I cant Irish dance or sing or act either so I shall shall reach for the shotgun and kill the talentless reflection I see in my mirror. Not myself of course :joker:

I think I am happy just being me. It doesnt matter if I am really talented at anything in particular, I mean if you rush to help an old lady who has fallen down in the street while others pass by and just look, then you have performed a necessary good deed for that day. That has got to be worth something.

Sorry to hear that your arthritis has prevented you from doing what you love and are good at.

[Indierock&roll]

i can ride a bike...
:wink:
i dont really have any talents...:sad:

[jamesh]

Well.... I sing I will be doing grade 5 next time round on that. I write songs aswell and play the piano with them. I am also into acting. I am currently in High School Musical On Stage in my area which is on this month yay! I recently was in a show at The Lowry in Manchester. Not good at sport lol! I'm quite clever... lol Academically I mean cos sometimes I can be real dumb! I might post one of my songs on here it prob will be bad quality though but you'll still hear it lol

[Xander]

Well I'm a swimmer, I have competed at international level. I got gold at this years nationals in two events. And im doing british championships soon!

[tinkerbell]

Originally posted by SpongeBobPEACEout
i can ride a bike...
:wink:
i dont really have any talents...:sad:

As in bycicle? How embarassing i dont know how to ride a bycicle everyone always laughs :bawling:

[Matt10k]

Tolerance to alcohol and I think that is an amazing talent! It's took me 10 years to get to this level of drinking ability from my first humble days of drinking white lightening on the street :joker:

[Tom4784]

Errrm I'm quite empathic and i'm a decent writer, I'm quite imaginitive but i'm not sure that's a talent.

I've got a killer sense of rythmn and i'm pretty good at dance machines, don't know how to dance though. I think i'm more inteligent then I let on and i'm quite academic, my best subjects were always English & English Literature and I.T

I think i'm also a lil' psychic (if there's such a thing, a better word would be intuition) as sometimes i kinda know what will happen next. I'm not sure if it is a talent, i'd call it an instinct but i'll put it down anyway.

[miracles]

Originally posted by FictitiousHouse
Originally posted by miracles
I am an ice-skater.
I take part in competitions and shows all the time.
I have one coming up in London soon.
I also used to play the violin. Not the best at it anymore though. :tongue:

Are you going to watch Dancing on ice - make me a star?

I have been debating with my parents. I may be going. :dance:

[FictitiousHouse]

Originally posted by miracles
Originally posted by FictitiousHouse
Originally posted by miracles
I am an ice-skater.
I take part in competitions and shows all the time.
I have one coming up in London soon.
I also used to play the violin. Not the best at it anymore though. :tongue:

Are you going to watch Dancing on ice - make me a star?

I have been debating with my parents. I may be going. :dance:

Nice one :thumbs: I cant even rollerskate so ice skating is a definate no no for moi

[Sam!]

Originally posted by tinkerbell
Originally posted by SpongeBobPEACEout
i can ride a bike...
:wink:
i dont really have any talents...:sad:

As in bycicle? How embarassing i dont know how to ride a bycicle everyone always laughs :bawling:

lol love it! :laugh: I ride a unicycle to school... or not.

[Sam!]

Oo haven't actually answered the question welll I have no talents as far as I am aware but I can:

Make graphics, Make VSBS, Sing, "Model" (aka be vain), dance (boogie on down type lool), make people laugh, Cook and other shte stuff that helps no one what so ever loool..

So yeh I have no talents and im only like a quarter good at all of them. But can be very vain. :laugh:

[ProjectWeirdo]

Wow, you guys have some pretty cool talents! Ice-skating is something I'd love to be good at!!

I think my best talent is probably writing. I've won 4 creative writing competitions, and my short stories have been published twice. :D So I'm pretty excited about my writing - it's what I do to get my ideas down, and it's what I do to express myself. So I'm hoping to do a degree in Creative Writing at University, and it's one of my goals to get a novel published.

I'm also a decent artist - or so I've been told. I beg to differ, though. I mainly do simple sketch and shade sort of things, but I occasionally paint things, as well.

[Firewire]

I can sing if that counts.

[Gemmer-x]

I can spin plates LMAO! :spin:
Plastic ones though, obviously :joker:

[Christina]

Well my art is about it.
Oh wait i can touch my nose with my tounge lool
if that even counts.

[dupin]

Here's a bit from a clingfilm project I did the other day:

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/6015/conceptzw5.png
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/4085/concept10ft0.png

It was a conceptual installation project where I clingfilmed my room.

[Scarlett.]

I can make people laugh by doing nothing:joker:

[Magic]

Originally posted by dupin
We could be on Celebrity Hijack :P I can imagine us holding up those purple signs ...

Linguist
Ice Skater
Contemporary Artist
Horse Rider
Actor
etc.

Heh...

I reckson somebody should do that, maybe Scampi as a battle of the sexes! And I like your cling film project, its quite unusual, and very inventive. How much cling film did you buy?

[dupin]

Originally posted by Magic
Originally posted by dupin
We could be on Celebrity Hijack :P I can imagine us holding up those purple signs ...

Linguist
Ice Skater
Contemporary Artist
Horse Rider
Actor
etc.

Heh...

I reckson somebody should do that, maybe Scampi as a battle of the sexes! And I like your cling film project, its quite unusual, and very inventive. How much cling film did you buy?

I used about 152 meters of clingfilm, which wasn't very expensive, but was a lot. It took about 6 hours to put up, but overall I was very happy with it. I took about 100 pictures overall I think, maybe I'll post some more.

[Magic]

Originally posted by dupin
Originally posted by Magic
Originally posted by dupin
We could be on Celebrity Hijack :P I can imagine us holding up those purple signs ...

Linguist
Ice Skater
Contemporary Artist
Horse Rider
Actor
etc.

Heh...

I reckson somebody should do that, maybe Scampi as a battle of the sexes! And I like your cling film project, its quite unusual, and very inventive. How much cling film did you buy?

I used about 152 meters of clingfilm, which wasn't very expensive, but was a lot. It took about 6 hours to put up, but overall I was very happy with it. I took about 100 pictures overall I think, maybe I'll post some more.

Cling film annoys me in small amounts! Is this for GCSE Art aswell? Because I remember you said in BBO you were doing it.

[Nicky.]

oo i can fit my fist in my mouth! lol x

[dupin]

Originally posted by Magic
Originally posted by dupin
Originally posted by Magic
Originally posted by dupin
We could be on Celebrity Hijack :P I can imagine us holding up those purple signs ...

Linguist
Ice Skater
Contemporary Artist
Horse Rider
Actor
etc.

Heh...

I reckson somebody should do that, maybe Scampi as a battle of the sexes! And I like your cling film project, its quite unusual, and very inventive. How much cling film did you buy?

I used about 152 meters of clingfilm, which wasn't very expensive, but was a lot. It took about 6 hours to put up, but overall I was very happy with it. I took about 100 pictures overall I think, maybe I'll post some more.

Cling film annoys me in small amounts! Is this for GCSE Art aswell? Because I remember you said in BBO you were doing it.


I do GCSE Art, but this was just a home project. Maybe I'll end up finding a way to use it in school though.

[dupin]

Here's a couple more if anyones interested ;;

http://a296.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/33/l_2cb0af3cc86f90062b20340fe4df1edf.jpg
http://a262.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/95/l_a1f36daeac0288ea4a6ed24d1664efb5.jpg

[Magic]

Wow that looks really cool. I really like the way the bin is clingfilmed, i dont know why but its sort of makes me think that time has been frozen!

[dupin]

Thanks.

A lot of people don't really get conceptual/installation art, and just think it's a bit weird that I clingfilmed everything...

[Magic]

Originally posted by dupin
Thanks.

A lot of people don't really get conceptual/installation art, and just think it's a bit weird that I clingfilmed everything...

Can you explain the whole thing about conceptual art to me, as I dont really know much about it.

Is it like when you can think of a concept behind it, or their is a concept behind it, or their is no concept behind it?

[dupin]

Originally posted by Magic
Originally posted by dupin
Thanks.

A lot of people don't really get conceptual/installation art, and just think it's a bit weird that I clingfilmed everything...

Can you explain the whole thing about conceptual art to me, as I dont really know much about it.

Is it like when you can think of a concept behind it, or their is a concept behind it, or their is no concept behind it?

For the record, I'm not actually a conceptual artist, this was just a conceptual art project.

Conceptual art is art where the concept behind it takes precedence over the actually final product. It's used to make a point, or show emotion or thoughts, which really I think is what art should be about.

[Magic]

Originally posted by dupin
Originally posted by Magic
Originally posted by dupin
Thanks.

A lot of people don't really get conceptual/installation art, and just think it's a bit weird that I clingfilmed everything...

Can you explain the whole thing about conceptual art to me, as I dont really know much about it.

Is it like when you can think of a concept behind it, or their is a concept behind it, or their is no concept behind it?

For the record, I'm not actually a conceptual artist, this was just a conceptual art project.

Conceptual art is art where the concept behind it takes precedence over the actually final product. It's used to make a point, or show emotion or thoughts, which really I think is what art should be about.

I agree, I dont really see what so amazing about just portatraits or landscapes, where is the thought's, feelings?

I suppose their are two main types of art, one demonstarting a artistic skill, and the other showing thoughts, feeling and showing a point. I prefer the second.

[dupin]

Exactly, the latter always wins with me.

[Christina]

Originally posted by dupin
Originally posted by Magic
Originally posted by dupin
Thanks.

A lot of people don't really get conceptual/installation art, and just think it's a bit weird that I clingfilmed everything...

Can you explain the whole thing about conceptual art to me, as I dont really know much about it.

Is it like when you can think of a concept behind it, or their is a concept behind it, or their is no concept behind it?

For the record, I'm not actually a conceptual artist, this was just a conceptual art project.

Conceptual art is art where the concept behind it takes precedence over the actually final product. It's used to make a point, or show emotion or thoughts, which really I think is what art should be about. Ooh i never knew that, thats quite interesting, do you think our schools will make us do anything like that for GCSE art? x

[Christina]

Originally posted by Magic
Originally posted by dupin
Originally posted by Magic
Originally posted by dupin
Thanks.

A lot of people don't really get conceptual/installation art, and just think it's a bit weird that I clingfilmed everything...

Can you explain the whole thing about conceptual art to me, as I dont really know much about it.

Is it like when you can think of a concept behind it, or their is a concept behind it, or their is no concept behind it?

For the record, I'm not actually a conceptual artist, this was just a conceptual art project.

Conceptual art is art where the concept behind it takes precedence over the actually final product. It's used to make a point, or show emotion or thoughts, which really I think is what art should be about.

I agree, I dont really see what so amazing about just portatraits or landscapes, where is the thought's, feelings?

I suppose their are two main types of art, one demonstarting a artistic skill, and the other showing thoughts, feeling and showing a point. I prefer the second. Hmm.. i think id be better at the 1st but after seeing some of dupin's pictures i think id be quite interested in doing some of my own stuff! xx

[dupin]

Originally posted by x-kween-dilemma-x
Originally posted by dupin
Originally posted by Magic
Originally posted by dupin
Thanks.

A lot of people don't really get conceptual/installation art, and just think it's a bit weird that I clingfilmed everything...

Can you explain the whole thing about conceptual art to me, as I dont really know much about it.

Is it like when you can think of a concept behind it, or their is a concept behind it, or their is no concept behind it?

For the record, I'm not actually a conceptual artist, this was just a conceptual art project.

Conceptual art is art where the concept behind it takes precedence over the actually final product. It's used to make a point, or show emotion or thoughts, which really I think is what art should be about. Ooh i never knew that, thats quite interesting, do you think our schools will make us do anything like that for GCSE art? x


I think you can do it for GCSE art - I was advised not to due to it being harder to show how you got to it in your pre-final project planning sheets...

[Christina]

Originally posted by dupin
Originally posted by x-kween-dilemma-x
Originally posted by dupin
Originally posted by Magic
Originally posted by dupin
Thanks.

A lot of people don't really get conceptual/installation art, and just think it's a bit weird that I clingfilmed everything...

Can you explain the whole thing about conceptual art to me, as I dont really know much about it.

Is it like when you can think of a concept behind it, or their is a concept behind it, or their is no concept behind it?

For the record, I'm not actually a conceptual artist, this was just a conceptual art project.

Conceptual art is art where the concept behind it takes precedence over the actually final product. It's used to make a point, or show emotion or thoughts, which really I think is what art should be about. Ooh i never knew that, thats quite interesting, do you think our schools will make us do anything like that for GCSE art? x


I think you can do it for GCSE art - I was advised not to due to it being harder to show how you got to it in your pre-final project planning sheets... Oh i know what you mean, true but i think i might have a go at home.. ive always wondered what it was and now i know it sounds quite interesting! x