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This is perhaps one of the sadder articles I have ever seen on here, and endemic of a lot other parts of society. "Somebody already posted a pretty picture onl
by araes 3y ago
This is perhaps one of the sadder articles I have ever seen on here, and endemic of a lot other parts of society. "Somebody already posted a pretty picture online, there is now no point in me taking pictures ever again."
Imgur/Tiktok/TV give me this sensation constantly. The pictures and lives they all claim to have are all so incredible, I should never move again. I can never do anything as cool or fun as them anyway. I just should just sit alone and jitter with jealousy/misery/desire/hate at how boring my life is compared to "get naked in the woods and have a dance party island."
- MrJohz 3y agoI don't get the impression that the author is particularly disappointed by this state of affairs, though. Their passion seems to be less in the photography, and more in the collation and organisation of images - and if they can't get enough images themselves, they'll go out there and take them. My impression of the post was that they seemed positive that other people are doing this work - and far better than the writers - leaving them to get on with doing other things. I guess it's similar to the tradeoffs of moving from doing a particular job, to managing others doing the job. Yes, you're less hands-on, but if you do your job well, you become a force-multiplier for other people, which for some people can be much more rewarding. I know another active Wikipedian photographer, and I get the impression that, while he enjoys the photography, the joy for him comes predominantly from the use of the photos, rather than the experience of using them. If he didn't need to take photos, I imagine he'd find some other, similar way to satisfy his archivist urges.
- WalterBright 3y agoI took up dirt bike riding recently. Much more fun than watching a video about it.
- bombcar 3y agoI’m backronyming that D is for dirt bike and you can’t stop me!
- LoganDark 3y agothe hobby I want requires decades of practice and I just somehow never have enough energy or motivation to do that practice. There's a severe lack of content about it, and I want more than anything to do something about that, but I just can't. It makes me sad that there are people out there that just choose not to do certain things out of "not-being-the-very-first-itis", yet I want to do this thing so badly and can't. Sigh.
- Obscurity4340 3y agoWhat is it? Like an instrument or painting or something?
- prawn 3y agoHave you tried documenting it but never publishing? Or publishing but never looking at the stats? Any step towards a goal counts for something.
- LoganDark 3y agoEh, it's an art style. And I'm not an artist. I want to be an artist, but practicing is seemingly too hard for my ADHD. :(
- prawn 3y agoDo you have a space in your house that would work? Do you have materials? I think set very simple and comfortable steps. Order materials, but don't stress about getting the right ones - just get cheap stuff. Set up a place you can do it. Then one day soon, you'll be in a position to make a single mark and get started. If it's not digital, you could try a digital version. iPad and Pencil is great fun doodling/painting on the couch. If not digital, watercolour pencils are a great way to get results as an amateur.
- LoganDark 3y agoLooks at my $700 reMarkable 2, which I got for this purpose. Loved to use it every time I was actually able to pick it up. It sits next to me at all times, within arm's reach, yet I do not pick it up. ADHD sucks balls.
- Solvency 3y agoWeird take. Instead of wasting time not being present in the moment, you can free yourself from the burden of "capturing the moment" in a picture that millions of other untold people have and will equally capture. And instead you can actually live your life. In the moment. With full presence.
- etrautmann 3y agoWeird take. As a hobby photographer who takes 15k / year, the act of photography IS what I like about seeing a moment or living life with full presence. Certainly not true for everyone
- prawn 3y agoI'd agree with that. People get different things from different actions. Like you, documenting a place or an experience gives me purpose and challenge. I can be happy just experiencing a place, or trying to capture it in a particular way.
- namaria 3y agoEnjoying the process is much more rewarding then enjoying the products of any given action.
- WeylandYutani 3y agoI agree. There are people out there with 50k pictures on their phone. How often do you think they look at them? Data hoarders. Make memories with your brain. If you don't remember an event it was probably not all that good anyway.
- haswell 3y ago> Make memories with your brain. If you don't remember an event it was probably not all that good anyway. I have to strongly disagree with this. Memories fade with time/age, and for those of us without a visual memory, photos can mean the difference between staying connected to certain memories and mostly losing them. I easily have 50K photos, and I love that I can refresh my memory of a time and place easily. It’s in a similar category as journaling in my view. Modern photo libraries make this even more practical with map overlays and AI classification for east keyword searches. People build “second brains” for a reason.