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In lugnet.build, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.build, Orion Pobursky wrote:
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In lugnet.build, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.build, Paul Baulch wrote:
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In lugnet.build, John Neal wrote:
Render fetishism? Seems like a waste of time
to me.
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Sometimes I think my whole LEGO hobby is a waste of time. It’s all how you
choose to see it.
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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.
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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 expression.
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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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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.
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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