That's how I see it, too. There's a gear-and-discussion phase in many hobbies, which is important to start to understand the field. But once you acquired the ne

That's how I see it, too. There's a gear-and-discussion phase in many hobbies, which is important to start to understand the field. But once you acquired the necessary basics, you'll start drifting into the doing. And that's really how it should be. (As a semi-unrelated side note, I often see people looking down on certain quadrants. But to me, any hobby is fine so long as it doesn't hurt anyone while giving the practitioner joy.)