…every proper craftsman in the WURLD, ever since Noah, who did his Private Navy thing, has learned his trade as an apprentice… no, Mabel, not that guffy Apprentice program with the ‘look-how-tough-I-can-be-on-the-television-shouting-at-people’ executives… but sumb’dy who takes the time, usually a spread of years, to understand the nuances and intricacies of their chosen calling… and with the one-in-a-gazillion prodigy exception, that still remains the best way for yeez to acquire the credentials of yer vocation or profession… fr’instance, I’m a Luddite heathen regarding art…I wouldn’t know a palette from a paintbox… that takes talent… loadsa folks start with a chunk of raw material… the desire to follow a certain path… add the determination to better yerselves… watch and emulate yer accepted superior-skilled proponents… then practice, practice, practice… and when yeez’ve done that, yeez practice sum’more… it’s no different Lads and Lassies of Blog Land when yeez get that pull to…