Also this is kinda off topic so I'm making a separate post but I think the focus on "natural talent" also contributes to skilled labor being so undervalued. Like when you are hiring someone to do a job or purchasing a handmade item, you are paying them not just for their time and the materials but also for the years and decades of experience they have, the training and practice and schooling they may have undergone to get to the point of skill where their services are desired by other people.
But when you look at that work and think, "This is made by someone who is naturally gifted at this," you aren't thinking of that experience and work. It makes it easy to see those products or services as a natural talent someone was born with and that they're choosing to share with the world, that it required minimal effort on their part, and so the high prices seem unnecessary instead of a reflection of that person's skill and work.
Like idk, maybe that custom embroidered pet potrait is $100+ because that person has spent the last 15 years perfecting their thread painting technique to create beautiful pieces that actually look like your pet and they want the price to reflect not just the hours they'll spend working on it but also the years they've spent building up their skillset to the point where you want their art as a permanent reminder of your pet.
