I wholly agree. I’ve been programming for about 20 years professionally and I’ve always been juggling too many hobbies to count until I stumbled on one to two t

I wholly agree. I’ve been programming for about 20 years professionally and I’ve always been juggling too many hobbies to count until I stumbled on one to two that stayed. About 10 years ago I started to paint and draw and that gave me so much satisfaction and filled a whole in my life that to this day I continue to do this almost daily. I’ve had epiphanies, realizations or simply enjoyed quietly how drawings unravelled in front of me. I have learned and perfected the craft over the years and even though the ‘stream of creativity’ continues to this day I am happy this is just a hobby. I would not like to deal with the art world in any way. I think that if I went to art school I’d be quietly pursue computer science or computers or something like that. Hobbies have the potential to be something in which you have complete freedom and don’t need to justify to anyone or compete with anyone.