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That is a good question and to be honest, I would say yes. You don't have to be good at something to enjoy it. I'm trying to view more with some activities that I should do them for the enjoyment and not for how quality the result is or the response from other people, which is a challenge.

While I don't do it right now, I enjoy painting and creating art. I even took classes in college when I received my first bachelor's degree. What I didn't enjoy in the classes was the critiques and only because they seemed unbalanced. Everyone else received a lot of praise from the other students with occasional advice for improvement. Most of the comments I received were all about what was wrong or could be better. I think I only had two or three images out of an entire minor in Art where the comments included praise. That was a little rough. Right now, I don't do any painting since it's hard in the studio apartment with all my stuff and two cats, plus not sure what to do with the chemicals when done since I prefer oil painting. Don't want to risk my silly cat trying to lick paint.

My grandma used to paint. She got to the point she was afraid people would be critical over what she created, so she stopped. Which is very sad.