This Is So True. And For A Long Time I Dont Think I Fully Realised That This Literally Applies To EVERY

This is so true. And for a long time I don’t think I fully realised that this literally applies to EVERY hobby and field of study.

Like this is my bf recently after he started learning to crochet and its very cute.

This is me with drawing and with diving down the rabbit hole of art history - something I never knew I would become so interested in, but now I find it fascinating. Any research into a subject and any attempt at doing something (anything!) always makes you appreciate the craft, skill and dedication behind those things like 100x more.

And I know they’re not really hobbies but this is definitely true for people studying any academic field too (well I suppose it could be a hobby if someone researches it just in their free time). Like for me learning physics absolutely changes the way I see the whole world around me. Whenever I think about the complexity of what’s happening, even in simple everyday phenomena, it’s astounding. If you haven’t seen it, the quote from Feynman really explains this better than I ever could. But I’ll summarise:

Understanding the flower, what every part of it does, why it looks the way it does and how it functions, doesn’t diminish its natural beauty. It always, always enhances your appreciation of its beauty. And this goes for just about everything in life.

Getting a weird little hobby is actually so important bc it opens your eyes up to the world. You start crocheting or knitting, and now you see scarves and sweaters differently. You try identifying plants, now you’re seeing opposite and alternate leaf pattern. Bird watching? Every chirp draws attention and interest.

Get into weird little hobbies.

experiment: put a vampire in a tanning bed

follow up experiment: reflect the UV light from a tanning bed, off of a mirror, onto a vampire

results: inconclusive. further testing needed

hypothesis: vampires are magically vulnerable to light originating from the sun

observation: moonlight has no effect on vampires, despite being a reflection of the sun

conclusion: this aversion is not a result of light or its origin, but some property of sunlight only present in direct contact

hypothesis: vampires are extremely sensitive to uv radiation

The Salon de la Rue des Moulins painted by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 - 1901)

Wooded Landscape painted by John Constable (1776 - 1837)