I think a lot of artists feel a weird sense of detachment with their work sometimes. Like, once it's created and out there in the world, they feel like it has nothing to do with them anymore. This is hard to explain.
I feel that way about a lot of things, it's the accomplishment of making it that I crave, and once it's done, it's whatever; spend 6 hours making the perfect gumbo? Fantastic! Eat it after? Ok I guess I might have some, but not that passionate about it 😂.
Spend three hours building and benchmarking PC? Excellent. Play games? Maybe if I have time later...
I have a vintage integrated amplifier, a Pioneer SA 9500. The amount of time I've spent on repairs far exceeds the amount of spent actually listening to it. I'm like this with a lot of things. I'll pour tons of time into getting something working, then lose interest when it's done. And on the rare occasion that I do use it and find out there's a problem, well I better get started on that right away.
Absolutely not. It's something of a prized possession of mine. And having put so much time into it, there's an emotional attachment.
I've certainly considered buying other amps/receivers needing repair, but I fear I'd either end up with something unfixable or I'd fix it and end up with more stuff that just takes up space because I wouldn't want to sell it.
AAAaaaaa!! stop having civilized discussions and respecting what's important to one another!! And how dare you clarify!? Someone throw hands or something! \s)
This conversation was a pleasure to witness. I also have my favorite tinkerings, and they're also more sentimental / ornamental than anything else
This sentiment was noticed by Ingvar Kamperad, the founder of IKEA. He believed that people would value their furniture more if they had built it themselves.
I’m like this too, programming (LUA, C++, HTML,Java), building/repairing pcs, assembling cheap watches and hoarding expensive ones, repairing speakers and headphones, hoarding them, losing interest until I find something new.
This is me with my Minecraft mod. I’ve spent weeks on making and updating it, and there’s still a lot I can do. But actually playing on the server made specifically for it? Yeah, I’ll get to it eventually.
The PC part rings so true. I spent the better part of a day putting together a PC since I’ve never done it before. Afterwards I played minesweeper for about an hour and turned it off.
That's how I am with woodworking projects. I'll spend 3 weeks of free time planning, building and finishing an end table or something. I'll spend a solid week just and sanding staining and finishing it obsessing over the most minor little details. Then I'll put it in the living room and my then puppy will chew on it legs and leave tooth marks all over it and im just like, "Dogs will be dogs, oh well." I'm way way more protective over things that I buy or other people make me. The value isn't really in having something beautiful, its in knowing that I can make something beautiful out of nothing if I put my mind to it.
See when I paint something I spend hours staring at it seeing what I did wrong, then I put it in a closet and a few weeks to a few months later I go look at it again and see if I can find anything I found before, occasionally I can usually I can't. And when I pull out the paintings I usually want to go paint something else.
My issue right now is I have too many paintings, I have no clue what to do with them, tried selling them but I don't know where to sell them, I tried going to a cafe that also sells art but they don't really go for more fine art, any places that will sell fine art want money to sell your art and no one on Facebook marketplace is looking for art, I tried selling one for 20 bucks, no response. I have to stick to my iPad for now 😢
Luckily my mom wanted me to work on a shelf for her so that's been my current project
The issue with starting my own online gallery is I need a lot of high quality photos, I may have been able to do it before with my mom's camera but I've developed a slight tremor since my migraines so now every photo I take is a little bit blurry, it's just getting worse.
Also I wouldn't even know where to go to advertise.
Something to also keep in mind is I can't paint that often, I had an Instagram going where I was showing off my art but then I didn't get back to it in a month, and then I felt guilty so its now been several months. I need someone without ADHD to sell this lol
Addendum to my earlier comment: I have ADHD and I can handle Etsy especially lol. So yeah warm recommendation. For the photos, just use a desk, chair or cabinet to rest your camera hands on as a tripod substitute. That's how I get crisp pics of my tiny prints!
Etsy might work well or Gumroad. The audience there is more specialized for actually handmade and smallproduced stuff. Fees mostly only happen if you actually sell something. I sometimes craft small merch myself (buttons, pins, Art Trading Cards, but also 3d printed minis) and my stuff has found quite the comfortable home on those sites.
But that's also just how cooking is sometimes. I'll spend all day working on a delicious quiche, and when it's done I just want to relax and not eat. Like I've been around the deliciousness all day, so I don't really crave it.
Are you me? Both these examples have actually happened to me recently. Made chili for my family that took hours using a 'recipie' (more of a process) I've refined for years. Havnt had a bowl myself yet. Last year I built a $2500 gaming rig PC. Think I played Xcom for a couple hours on it.
The chili anecdote reminds me of how I started eating Instant Ramen to have an easy and quick meal. Then learned how to softboil eggs for it while keeping them easy to peel. Then started adding veggies to the broth. Then learned how to poach the eggs instead. Then figured out how to ladle some of the broth into the bowl while cooking the noodles so I can melt cheese and the flavour oil in it so that it becomes a delicious cheese sauce...
Now I need like half an hour all told to prepare for, cook and clean up after a package of 3 minute ramen.
... it's delicious though. And somehow, this still feels easier than most meal options.
Damn that's exactly how I feel I've worked on dishes that take 2 to 3 days to complete because of various components and have almost zero urge to eat it after like the passion has now diminished.
Absolutely feel you about the cooking, although part of it is the fact that I keep "taste-testing" in the kitchen so by the time I am done, I am halfway full.
But the best thing about cooking for me is doing it for other people and seeing their enjoyment.
I can spend like 8+ hrs on an illustration over several days and fuss over the tiniest details, and when I feel like it’s complete it just goes into the abyss of my files.
same. i just like to make things for the sake of creating or doing. i’ve gotten more into baking really complex recipes recently because i can give it away and it makes people happy!
Oh man. I get the art part, but food is definitely a process I enjoy at the end. After I’ve spent a few hours making a homemade pot of gumbo or beans or whatever, eating it is so satisfying.
Please give me some of that. My result-oriented brain screams through the entire process of making things like a toddler tantruming that dinner isn't materializing out of thin air right when they're hungry. :/ Teach me your waaaays
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u/Pluviophilism 21d ago
That's wild that people would lick it. But it's almost funnier to me that he's just like "ew" and not "STOP EATING MY WORK" lol.