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Hey Joel. After reading this I felt I had a ton of things to say to you but
I could be typing for an hour so I might as well keep it short.
If you've really made up your mind about this then I know anyhting I say
won't help but I'll do it anyway.
I really think you should reconsider suddenly leaving your Lego hobby
behind.
If you're just tired of it, then put it away for awhile and work on other
things.
If its the online community you are upset about then why not focus on
smaller portions of it while the other issues work themselves out. (I
strongly believe that the best is yet to come for Lugnet and the online Lego
community) I can say for sure that you are always welcome to start up an
in-depth conversation on building and the art of Lego in .space. (And yes I
know you're not into space at the moment but you get my point)
I found the last post by Sarah and the one before it by Suzanne and I while
I can see how Sarah could have gotten upset I don't really see Suzannes
comments as a personal jab at her. If this is really a problem then why not
work it out in private or something? I'd really not like to lose Sarah
either.
If its a money issue why not open up a Bricklink store? You could weed out
the parts you don't need and cover the cost of future purchases.
Most importantly is the art and creativity issue. I am very familiar with
what you are getting at here. The feeling that you are misallocating your
creative energy. I for one know that Lego can sort of take up all my ideas
but I belive the best solution is to integrate Lego with my other mediums.
If I build something I make myself draw or paint. And so on. I try for a
perfect 1:1 ratio and I really feel it works out.
Basically: Don't leave. I swear you'll regret it down the road.
If you have your mind made up then theres nothing I can do.
But if you want to talk then do it here or drop me a line on AIM. Hell,
I'll even call you if you want.
-Jon
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"Joel Kuester" <septenemae@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.market.appraisal, A. Mark Wilburn writes:
> > Nooooooooo.......! (D'oh).
> > Er, not that you shouldn't sell it per se, I just hope that doesn't mean • we
> > won't see any more great creations from you. Your Jetfire and your Star • Wars
> > creations in general were inspirational.
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks, its nice to hear that... but this is all I got, and if I am able • to
> sell it, I won't be buying any more. So that kinda guarantees I won't be
> building.
>
> > Unless, of course, you're just clearing excess pieces...
>
> I wish! :)
>
> > (Ya, I know this wasn't terribly helpful, sorry. I don't know squat about
> > liquidating a collection, just wanted to ask why you were getting rid of • it.
>
> Yikes.. I wasn't going to address this issue. But since you asked:
>
> I don't know if I can properly explain it. I have been struggling with • this
> idea for a long time. There is so *much* I still want to do with Lego, • but
> it seems more and more like the real art I do has suffered. I only made 3
> or 4 paintings last year, and that upsets me. I am very fearful of losing
> my Lego and that makes angry at myself for becoming dependant on one media
> to express myself. As long as the Lego is sitting there, it demands my
> attention. I wish I could just let it sit, but it won't.
>
> Also, Sarah was just getting into Lugnet and working with Lego which was
> cool, when she had a situation where she feels she was unfairly insulted
> personally by Suz. She hasn't touched her Lego since, and she left • Lugnet.
> That took a lot of the fun out of it for me. The self-obsession that has
> taken over the Lugnet entity (most of the posts here seem to be *about* • some
> aspect of Lugnet lately and not actually about MOCs or Lego ideas) is
> alternately disturbing and boring to me.
>
> Add to that the obsessed whine-hole that the AFOL 'community' has become • and
> the rapid spiral Lugnet and Brickshelf have undertaken lately, it just • isn't
> any fun to me to share my constructions. I have gotten what I feel to be • a
> valuable critique once or maybe twice out of dozens of responses to my • MOCs.
> And I know it is unusual to expect a place like Lugnet to produce sound
> critiques, but that's honestly what I am hoping for in feedback; its not
> Lugnet's fault for not giving me it, but if it can't, I should realize it
> and stop waiting for the improbable.
>
> If I don't manage to sell my lego, I will still build stuff, but I can't
> post any pics because our digital camera broke and I can't afford a new • one.
> Even if I could, I just don't feel a desire to anymore, I know what all • the
> posts will be: "cool! can't wait to see more..." That's a nice thing to
> say, but there is never that deeper discussion that I desire. Back in '97
> when I first started interacting with AFOLs I was really hoping that once
> people got to know each other better, we could take on complex • intercourses
> on the meanings and situations behind the life of AFOLs... and I tried a
> couple times to foster these issues only to get responses like "yeah, • that's
> neat... we should talk about it some time in the future...", but I don't • see
> these future discussions ever happen so I feel that my involvement has • been
> worthless.
>
> Finally, I wouldn't be so tempted to sell it if I wouldn't have lost my • job
> last year. I am working now, but its one of the lamest-low-paying jobs
> around and no one is responding to the resumes I send out... just a lot of
> stuff is happening and I keep hearing a little voice in my head telling me
> that dumping my Lego would be the best thing for me.
>
> > Although maybe, you could sell it all off at once to a group of people, • and
> > let them figure out how to split it? That way you'd get more than just 1
> > person looking for a few specific pieces but still get rid of it all at • once).
>
> that's not a bad idea, although I think the group of people would have to
> get together on their own for that situation.
>
> thanks for your input, I hope my response isn't as rambling as it feels
> right now, but its late and my eyelids are getting too heavy to write • more.
>
> ciao!
> Joel K
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| heya Jon, (...) The problem is, I have tried, and I keep getting caught up in projects. There is some OCD in my family, and this might be mine popping up in the form of a friendly Brick :) (...) I don't really let the online goofiness upset me, its (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.people)
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