My Kid Could Paint That

Follows a situation so misguided from the outset it could only have ended the way it did. The perfect storm of a local speculative art market, a marketing hook pushed past its limit, a subjective final product and naive parents who want to believe what all parents do, that their child is special. Their child is special (as all kids are in their own way) but she's not gifted. There is a timeline creatively gifted children develop along that can be identified and the difference is in every aspect of them not just their talent. Gifted children have an obsessive focus and drive even adults struggle to achieve, they socialize very differently prefering older children and adults for their intellectual contribution, yet emotionally they are both their own age and overwhemed by their capacity and heightened perception. The mark of a gifted child is asynchronous development and heightened sensitivity, some also have learning disabilities their gifts mask or autistic traits mistaken for challenging behaviour. Marla looks far too well adjusted to be carrying such a burden, thankfully. Investors did get something of historical value, but one linked to controversy not tallent. Maybe in the future the work will come to symbolize the collective strength of desire rather than the embarrassment of poor choices.