Your Natural Gift of Horizontal and Vertical Comparison

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Lets test your first natural gift. Here’s your first question (in a series of five). You walk into your living room and there is a painting hanging on the wall. The painting is hanging crookedly. What would you do next? (a) Get a strong urge to straighten it, and then adjust the painting until it [...]

Your Natural Gift of Size Comparison

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Here’s your second question (in a series of five). You go to the kitchen and there’s a tasty looking chocolate cake on the table. You have eight(!) hungry kids who all want a piece. What would you do next? (a) Cut the cake so there are eight evenly size pieces. (b) Just chop out slices [...]

Your Natural Gift of Arranging Objects

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Here’s your third question (in a series of five). You have just moved house and even though the removalists unpacked and arranged all your furniture, cushions and decorative objects in the living room, it’s not organised quite how you would like. What would you do? (a) Move the furniture around the room again as soon [...]

Your Natural Gift of Light and Dark Comparison

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Here’s your fourth question (in a series of five). You’re on holiday, it’s a lovely summer day and you’ve decided to leave the mobile phone at home, turn off the TV and radio and put away all the clocks in the holiday apartment. You fall into a relaxed holiday doze and then wake up some [...]

Conquering Artability Phobia

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Here’s your fifth question (in a series of five). Which of these statements do you feel apply to you? (a) I know I can become really good at drawing with practice. (b) I’m not sure if I can draw but I’ll give it a go. (c) There isn’t a creative bone in my body. I [...]