mechanics

"The functional and technical aspects of an activity."

Learning to do anything?

If you are then you are learning the mechanics of the subject.

The mechanics can be taught to just about anyone. The student becomes skilled at the activity.

But this is only half of the story. The other half has to do with the nature of the student.

Some of us have a feeling, a talent, that the rest of us don't have.

You have seen it. Someone who plays the guitar, knows all the chords, but just isn't that interesting. Someone who works in wood, makes fine cabinets and furniture, but they just don't look quite right.
Maybe it is a person who works on your car. He replaces the broken parts but doesn't know how to give it that little tweak that makes everything feel right.

The mechanics are easy to teach and easy to learn but it is this intrisnic skill we look for in a person when we want something done.

If you are interested in hot rods or custom bikes you might know about this. The builders with this talent are the ones who get their work featured in the magazines.

It is this talent that separates the craftsman from the mechanic .