Hobby is an unknown word or action to many if not most. Too many it is rare; occupation is a must. There are those that think they could become active. Activity is a mindset. I feel Atlas is about to Shrug.
Intensity and determination do not mean speed, it’s a formula for concentration. Grey matter needs exercise as much as red matter. One thing that makes me smile every time is watching the act of being industrious. Mind by means, making mother earth better. It is not merely the acts themselves, but the actions entwined in those acts.
It is a pleasure to savour the labours of others. Respect and reflect on the processes from body part to brain and back again. Some repetitive, some talented, some unique, and some definitive. From idea to design through implementation. How obvious it is from the etymology, from the Latin “diligent” and “assiduous”. Exactly how I saw it, and see it.
I am the opposite; I prefer the privacy of my mind while I persevere in my toils. Me plugging away, solving problems and plotting my diligence. To be the watched or the watcher both have their benefits. I could have sat back and beheld for hours. But here as I toil on one task, pondering another, my mind is discovering new techniques, subtle changes and alterations, new roads to the end.
I posited about the GNP a while back, it too is wrapped up in this. There are so few with the drive for new different and the creation of objet d’art. To me, any “thing” you have done is that described as such. Colour, texture, material, materiel, medium, and the message all ooze forth from the crania of the masses. You have to let it out after you excavate your brain. Play with it and cajole it into that which pleases you solely.
When the weight of the world is too great, the forces acting upon it will need to scratch that itch. It will not be smooth, there will be jostling of the orb to reach JUST that spot. Shrug as you would.
Rainy day Rhonda, make it a hot pour over today.
Mark Hull Du Calumet, First of the coterie of York, Son of Don, Scion of Karl in the House of Pfunkstadt, Connubial of Suzanne, Yeoman to the Hun of Honda, Prevailing in the Seat of Hespeler, Having been again to Australia, and now Grandad's Land, and for some, from The Dark Side. Not am Main nor ab der Elba, but down the Donau, and with Turkish Chai. #garagelurker2019, also A.C., Cee Minus.
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