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Building Techniques (was: Re: Coolest Brickshelf account)
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lugnet.build
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Thu, 23 Jun 2005 15:47:49 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Kevin L. Clague wrote:
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John,
“Waste” is a negative term for me too. My job allows for a lot of creative
expression, but I need something more tactile in my hobby. I sit on my ***
butt all day and type. Plenty of cerebral activity and creativity, but
debugging software and hardware is all cereberal and none tactile.
I enjoy the creative expression of LEGO because it is tactile and very
different from work.
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Good point.
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When I said that sometimes I thought my whole LEGO hobby was a waste of
time, I meant that sometimes I wish that I’d chosen to pursue a different
hobby-- a different means for expression.
A “waste of time” to me is unproductive work. I spend 4 hours building a
bridge, and then find it needs to be 4 studs wider and I have to tear the
whole thing up and begin again. That’s a waste of time. Measure twice,
build once:-)
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Most of my models go through many, many mutations before they are “done”. I
don’t consider this a waste of time though, because it is the sequence I
needed to go through to get the result I wanted.
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Yes, I do the same kind of revision style building myself; I make many small
revisions along the way, but when I finish, I hardly ever go back after a period
of time to revise further. I was talking more about “mistakes” in building
rather than creative revisions-- like being “off” 5 rows when building a mosaic,
if you know what I mean>:-(
I usually have at least 6 MOCs in the works because it is hard to come by
certain parts and many times work on one particular MOC was stalled waiting for
those parts to arrive. I usually have at one MOC on which I am able to work.
Sometimes, however, my interest will wain on a particular MOC, or my interest
will be suddenly piqued on a new MOC, and many MOCs are left unfinished. I seem
to have only so much time and effort I am willing to put into a project, and
when I’ve exceeded that limit, I find it really hard mentally to go back and
finish, or revise. Something new always seems more appealing for my time:-)
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Thanks for posting about Koyan’s fabulous work. I missed your previous posts
on the topic.
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He deserves the props:-)
JOHN
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Message is in Reply To:
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| (...) John, "Waste" is a negative term for me too. My job allows for a lot of creative expression, but I need something more tactile in my hobby. I sit on my *** butt all day and type. Plenty of cerebral activity and creativity, but debugging (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.space, FTX)
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