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comment by jadedog

I like crafty things. I enjoyed that a lot.

I'm not a comics person, but I did cringe seeing those comic books shredded up.

You've made suffering for your art into a follow-along experience. Thanks for sharing.





user-inactivated  ·  2937 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks for the support. I appreciate it. If you want a bit more insight, cutting into the comics was a bit difficult for me to do for various reasons. I actually started a Pubski conversation about it if you want to check it out. It's good for a quick read, as I and a few others mulled a bit about the merits of what I'm doing.

Also, I see that you're new. Welcome to the site. It's good to have you.

jadedog  ·  2937 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Also, I see that you're new. Welcome to the site. It's good to have you.

Thank you for the welcome!

I'm personally interested in a word you used in your Pubski quote. You mentioned the word "productive". I've been looking for that feeling for a while now. If you don't mind sharing, what about this hobby or the filing of pictures makes you feel productive? Is there a theme to things that make you feel productive?

user-inactivated  ·  2937 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Eh, it's a pretty standard concept of "productive." Mostly that if I'm going to spend time doing something, it'd be nice to have something to show for it.

jadedog  ·  2936 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks for the answer. I spent a lot of time overthinking that question for my own personal reasons over a long period of time.

I read a book that said that video games were unproductive. That was many years ago. I wondered why they were unproductive if they made people happy. Now we see gamers making millions of dollars playing video games on youtube and I've seen one of those youtubers say they feel really productive about it. I wondered it the author changed his stance on it because it's a money maker.

That led me to wonder if it's money that makes something productive. Or if it's something tangible. Or if it had to be accepted in society.

On the flip side, it can't just be enjoyment because then nothing would be unproductive. Watching TV, surfing the internet, listening to music. But are those really unproductive? You can make money from each of them if you do it enough or find a way to monetize it.

Perhaps I'll start a post on it to get other people's opinions on it. I wonder if that would be productive. :p

user-inactivated  ·  2936 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Perhaps I'll start a post on it to get other people's opinions on it. I wonder if that would be productive. :p

Yeah. Get on it. I'd love to see what other people say.