I've been generally blessed in life to be good at most things I try my hand at. Particularly, I'm good with my hands. As a general rule if it's something that can be made or created through the use of my hands, I pick it up quickly. For example, I taught myself to crochet one afternoon when very, very bored and laid up with the flu.
One area where this has not been true is origami. Every time I try to teach myself how to fold origami, I just suck at it. I can't get the paper to do what it is supposed to and I can't wrap my head around how to translate the diagrams into actions. I tried again this afternoon to figure it out and was completely stymied in under ten steps, which is about how it usually goes.
I did come to realize that the actual issue is my visual processing. It's probably the diagrams I'm having difficulty with and not the actual folding. I suspect now, that if I had someone sit down and show me how to do it, I could probably pick it up with my customary ease. It's kind of humbling though to sit there staring at something that people typically find easy and just be lost.
It's good for me. I'm sure. A real growth experience.
:-P
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