www.PsychologyToday.com The Amateur License: Making a Hobby of Creativity "As much as can be said for front row seats in your living room and intimate access to the best in show, something has been lost along the way to instant replay. Kimmelman puts it this way: we have "acquiesced to playing the passive role of receivers" of art or sport created by others, by professionals. And by conceding that "culture is something specialists produce," we have relinquished the idea that art and craft and sport is the birthright of us all. We have forsaken the truth that the doing of these things is intrinsic to what we are as human beings, to who we are as particular individuals" "Much of our own research, for instance, suggests that top flight thinkers in many fields are much more likely than the rest of us to have important hobbies and avocations, which they pursue in tandem with their "real" work. These amateur arts seem to benefit them in a couple of ways" .: source :. {LMAO} Vitamin-D and Rc Helicopters, Enjoy [size=1.2em][shadow=grey,left]w00d[/shadow][/size] [hr]
Cool article, thanks for sharing. At the end he says: I didn't know hobbyist's had a bad rap. Screw those guys.
LMAO, I've heard it from time to time from NON enthusiasts ... Also as to the 'benefits' I think anyone who as other interests and/or hobby's knows of the benefits intuitively and don't need outsiders as shown by that read to tell us Tell outsiders, YES but not those in the know
Thought these next links would be good addition to this thread, more or less ... Following 'essay' provides allot of parallels to what we do on here on the 'Forums' and probably elsewhere and everywhere Lookout though, in essence it is 'Self Help' Mumbo-Jumbo that might make your brain a little fatter LMAO FYI: [acronym=EYE See! VOICE of the O.pin.ion.at.ed. LINK will go to my PhotoBucket RSS] [shadow=grey,left][size=0.9em]w[/size][size=1.2em]00[/size][size=0.9em]d[/size][/shadow][/acronym] [hr] [size=1.2em]"To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing"[/size] - Elbert Hubbard [size=1.2em]Understanding Criticism[/size] - by Alain Briot Part 1 of 3 Part 2 of 3 Part 3 of 3 [hr]
