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Re: Coolest Brickshelf account
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Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:52:07 GMT
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In lugnet.build, John Neal wrote:
   In lugnet.build, Orion Pobursky wrote:
   In lugnet.build, John Neal wrote:
   In lugnet.build, Paul Baulch wrote:
   In lugnet.build, John Neal wrote: Render fetishism? Seems like a waste of time to me.

Sometimes I think my whole LEGO hobby is a waste of time. It’s all how you choose to see it.

I postulate that hobbies by their very nature are wastes of time. If they weren’t a waste of time then they wouldn’t be hobbies. Whether or not you attach a negative meaning to the term “waste” does not change anything.

Well, I think “waste” is a negative term. Hobbies are a way to spend time. For me, hobbies, at their best, are a creative way for a person to express themselves, perhaps given the fact that sometimes one’s vocation doesn’t allow for such expression.

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.

  
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:-)

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.

  
JOHN

Thanks for posting about Koyan’s fabulous work. I missed your previous posts on the topic.

Kevin



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(...) Good point. (...) 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 (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)

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(...) Well, I think "waste" is a negative term. Hobbies are a way to spend time. For me, hobbies, at their best, are a creative way for a person to express themselves, perhaps given the fact that sometimes one's vocation doesn't allow for such (...) (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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