The Weekend Hobby Thread

One of my oil paintings. Dusk at Cape Cod

I haven't painted in a few years. The hobby thread has me thinking about starting again. Thanks.- Anti doesn't matter

Just a couple of observations. First of all, I really like this painting. If you are here today, can you comment on the size of this piece.

Secondly, I'm happy that the Hobby Thread encouraged you resume your hobby. If you are like me you can paint and forget about everything except for what is in front of you on your easel. And that's what a hobby is supposed to do.

The old In-box here at petmorons at gmail was pretty empty this past week. So I found the following link: How To Find A Hobby

Hobbies vs. Interests
When you are thinking about choosing a hobby, it’s important that you don’t confuse having an “interest” with having a “hobby.”

Interests: Interests typically are the desire to learn about something. An interest can spawn from natural curiosity, professional goals or family experiences. For instance, you may have an interest in learning more about hockey or volleyball because your children are involved in those sports. Or you may love reading books on behavior to help you achieve career goals. But unlike hobbies, an interest requires only intellectual action (to learn about something) and doesn’t require physical action.

Hobby: A hobby is usually defined as any enjoyable leisure activity that we engage in voluntarily and consistently when we are free from the demands of work or other responsibilities. A hobby may be inspired by an interest, but it typically requires more commitment and involves taking action, like learning a new skill, or collecting, building or creating something. Hobbies are essentially the active pursuit of a personal interest.

Carpentry as a hobby..............

Feel free to talk about your hobbies, your interests, or whatever bakes your cookie. I'm always looking for hobby ideas, stories, pics, etc. Feel free to contact me at petmorons at gmail dot com.

posted by Misanthropic Humanitarian at 05:00 PM

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