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goobster  ·  868 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: December 22, 2021

Ugh. Yeah. I finally decided to let all my film stuff go - darkroom, camera, lights - and it turns out none of it had any value any more. My Nikon and lenses aren't worth the paper box they are in. Can't even give them away.

It's hard leaving a fun hobby/side hustle behind, but if it is technology-based, you gotta keep up with the times. And that takes work. And I don't want my hobby to be work.

On the other hand, I saw some quote-over-a-photo on Facebook that said something like, "You don't have to be good to enjoy making art. So just make art that makes you happy. You are not a product in competition with other artists... you are doing it for yourself. If it makes you happy, fuck it. Just do it."

Or something like that.

It's honestly why I still have all these guitars and synths. Am I ever going to write/finish a song? No. But I love playing with this stuff in my music room. So I'm going to keep it all forever! :-)