Critic: Why do you waste your time making such garbage? 😡
Do you ever do something for the sheer joy of it? Even if you’re not very good at it and may never be?
August 25, 2014
For the Sheer Joy of It
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Singing while showering.
Great answer! 😀
Sheer joy? Seldom.
enJOYment? Almost everything I do. 😉
Ditto Mike’s comment. Even therapy that hurts I like, because it does so much good. AND I really joy having done it.
Good for both of you!
I was often asked that as a child – by my mother no less.
But, my soul craved the process, and I continued.
Hard yards, perseverance and utter love of what I do resulted (many years later) in the humble gratitude that people like what I do enough to buy it.
Who knows where the joyful journey will take you? And, the doing is often more than enough…
Yes, for me, especially at the age of 74, the doing is enough. 🙂 Thank you for telling us about your own journey!
All the time!!!!!!
That’s great!
I love going for a walk, though thankfully (so far) it is pretty safe from critics.
When I was a kid my mother criticized the way I walked. “You walk like like a duck,” she would say. I love to walk anyway 🙂
BTW I now have a “low” as such net connection at home…depending on where I am in house, how well I am receiving. Which means I’m relaxing on bed with the laptop on my tray…
I remember when I want to Uni and many said “why?” and I always replied “because I can” – and that is one of my buzz words besides “it depends”
I have tackled lots of things I am not necessarily equipped to – full stop – for all the JOY that I can get, even if in the end I give it away…
Yes, I think of you when I play with art. I love the fact that you do things for the enjoyment of the process. 🙂
I’m glad you have some internet again. I missed you!
Interesting question, difficult to answer: Do I ever do anything for the joy of it even if I am no good at it?
On first reflex my answer would be: No, I don’t do things I am no good at. Not even practice always make perfect.
However, on reflection, I probably do an awful lot of things I am no particular master of. Doesn’t matter. But then I never look at approval from outside. My approval of myself is hard enough to come by as it is. In fact, there are times I spit (not really, just inwardly) when people ‘approve’ of my competence. Go away, I think. If you want to know how best to unblock a toilet (and do it yourself) do come back and I’ll show you.
If anything, Jean, and this might mildly amuse you: I am so interested in the world, its dog and their foibles, I can’t possibly cram it all in. Which is where I tend to trip myself up. They say some people dig deep (specialisation by another name), some people skim the surface. I’d say I skim with the occasional dive. Which makes for one hell of a rainbow.
I know I do occasionally needle you about your ‘toys’ (seems so indulgent) but do like your playful approach to life. I do believe that, in the end, it doesn’t really matter what we do/have done – as long as we do/have done something (even nothing), enjoyed ourselves as best we can and have brightened a few people’s lives on the way.
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I won’t argue with you about that! Yes, playing with my toys is self-indulgent. It’s my version of wearing purple with a red hat that doesn’t go. The perks of growing old. 🙂