As the purveyor of the video of which you speak, I agree with 100% of this. I know a guy personally who is a very skilled painter -- because that's all he does, of course -- and while his portraits are beautiful, I don't know him any better because of his art. There is a place here called Creativity Explored (https://www.creativityexplored.org/) that provides studio space for people with developmental disabilities to create their art. Some of it is truly amazing -- thoughtful, emotional, inspiring -- and none of it could possibility be considered "good" by the standards espoused by The-Dude-Who-Does-Nothing-But-Paint. It's messy, but real, and for that reason alone, I love their exhibitions.
The hard one to answer is how did I get so bad at everything
As the purveyor of the video of which you speak, I agree with 100% of this. I know a guy personally who is a very skilled painter -- because that's all he does, of course -- and while his portraits are beautiful, I don't know him any better because of his art. There is a place here called Creativity Explored (https://www.creativityexplored.org/) that provides studio space for people with developmental disabilities to create their art. Some of it is truly amazing -- thoughtful, emotional, inspiring -- and none of it could possibility be considered "good" by the standards espoused by The-Dude-Who-Does-Nothing-But-Paint. It's messy, but real, and for that reason alone, I love their exhibitions.