Have you picked up any interesting hobbies?

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Not that interesting, but I've been trying to learn Calligraphy. What hobbies do you have? What are you trying to learn? Looking for more ideas, I'd rather do anything instead of studying.

Massageman · Accepted Answer

I've been a Graphic Artist for 50+ years, and I naturally tinkered with calligraphy a bit. I'd have to practice up a bit, but it's a nice skill to have. If you are good enough, you can make a decent side-job out of it addressing up-scale wedding cards, etc.

But I digress-

Gardening (body permitting), garden design, photography, music (7 years of formal training on piano and organ, 1 year on guitar and just now getting into drums a bit), crafts, having another go at building a "Christmastime Model Railroad" for the grandkids, and doing volunteer work for church library, weekly food pantry, and Feed Me Starving Children.

KrakenAttackin · Accepted Answer

Good for you, my handwriting is so bad calligraphy would be a bad joke for me.

I do woodworking (I make toys for my daughter), I read a lot about random things (into nautical knots right now --weird, I know), and I piddle with electronics.

It took me along time to realize how important having a creative outlet is for overall mental health.

courtney06 · Accepted Answer

Wow calligraphy is an awesome hobby. I’ve been bowling since last summer and just recently I started baking more.

Ciel66 · Accepted Answer

Yes hitting my head to wall😂

Joel127 · Answer

Forms of artistic expression. More than a hobby it's just a way for me to let out my emotions, and the end product is pretty damn cool. Mostly it's an instrumental but recently I've started composing a few songs. I used to wire stories but I find poetry a lot more fun. I dunno if you can call it drawing but when I'm really frustrated I grab a pencil, listen to music and scribble on paper. It looks pretty cool. I don't know if people call this art but I watched this animation about basketball and it made me think, "that's beautiful". Seeing how much care the animators put into each scene made me wish I could someday waltz around the court with a basketball. That said I'm still an amateur. I wish I could say "you gotta take care of your academics" but that'd made me a hypocrite so let's do our best.

SuperManiac · Answer

I cycle interests all over the place and probably have too many in total to list before I end up boring everyone. In general, I get curious about a skill when I see talented people do it, and what they're doing is like "magic" to me. So I want to learn enough to demystify the magic (not to become as good as them which would take a lifetime if I even have a chance), and then I lose interest and want to learn something else.

But one of my lifelong passions is skateboarding (vert, not so much street -- I'm an air guy and like the feeling of blasting off the coping and can't get that sort of air feeling on street). Another recurring one is drawing and trying to make music, but I really suck at music, and yet I find it so interesting and immediately rewarding to try to record some tunes and hear them being played back to me.

oldguyincanada · Answer

Sailing is a whole bunch of hobbies (if you want to DIY):

the actual sailing
amateur weather forecasting
sewing sails and/or canvas
electrical work
engine maintenance
woodworking
fiberglass work
map reading and navigation
ropework
etc.

humanearth · Answer

Film and wet plate photography.

I collect and use cameras from as old as 1880 and as new as 1988.

I own over 30 cameras, I also have a complete darkroom.

Plus I even do custom prints for customers with my non digital, 100% analog way of doing it the old way.

The stuff I can do with a film camera can never be done digitally.

AynonOMouse · Answer

I learned calligraphy from a book I got from Amazon. I never realized that there were multiple styles of it. I forget what the one I chose to learn was called.

One thing I was considering trying is clay sculpting. Using small tools to make houses and stuff out of clay and paint them. Size them to be somewhat compatible with D&D for future use. I haven't got around to trying it yet because I started something else recently.

NYCstreetPhotog · Answer

I've never gone to higher learning, so the majority of my skills in life are self taught. That being said, one of my hobbies is achetectural design, in fact I once got a job as an achetect's assistant with a set of blueprints I hand drafted.

I dabbled in calligraphy for a while, but gave it up after my ex (she did calligraphy aswell).

Astarlessnightsky · Answer

Learning an instrument, or if you are into calligraphy maybe other types art may interest you? Acryl painting is quite easy to get into, or simple coal and pencil drawings.

t_dog473 · Answer

I started playing piano 3 years ago. I also recently picked up kickboxing, but broke my arm a month ago (unrelated) so I'm recovering right now.

IAMNathanael · Answer

My main hobby is making music compositions and learning guitar/bass guitar.

Phoenix98 · Answer

Writing Poetry Classical Painting Martial Arts Collecting sports cards and memorabilia You know the norm.

Schloss · Answer

I draw, paint, sculpt, and can do calligraphy.

Currently, I am trying my hand at making some dioramas. I've found the hobby is extremely expensive and will need to sell the pieces if I complete them if they are good enough.

MannMitAntworten · Answer

Guitar. Work has a lot of quiet moments so I started learning guitar... and answering GaG questions.

McKellar · Answer

Yes, trying to get back into bodybuilding again & I have my own youtube channel where I do some gameplay commentary videos.

mayur23shrivas · Answer

I never tried calligraphy but love too & talking about different I m trying to learn different languages that help me out during my trips!! Last language learned-spanish

COMMODOREII · Answer

I love calligraphy. Im working on a poem i wrote for a girlfriend of mine. 😁

Anonymous · Answer

I had an interest in political, social and economic etc systems and wanted to know what utopia would look like. I am a little short of something to do now.

ShadowofRegret · Answer

Worldbuilding, my own little (imaginary) world to change and shape as I desire.

Joker_ · Answer

No interesting hobbies picked up, if anything - hobbies have been dropped

Sevenpointfive · Answer

i am pretty artistic but that's not new. no, i have not

quiteguy · Answer

Massage therapy and traditional Filipino Marshall arts

lonelyintwinfalls · Answer

I'm a photographer, artist and I play the guitar and sing a little

jamesgoldman · Answer

Silver picking, coin collecting, silver refining and dabbled with mixology

Anonymous · Answer

I wanna teach myself how to write with my left hand in the meantime I've been doing adult colouring

Sixgun77 · Answer

Im staying to get into making my own fishing lures. Mostly roostertail spinners.

AlphaBot · Answer

Recently I've been on a homemade melee weapon trip. I don't know why, I think maybe subconsciously that while I do not support our 45th POTOUS, I would support and participate if he / Congress initiate a PURGE.

Exorcist_Rampage · Answer

No. I like playing tennis and going to the museum but isn't new.

Simonsez42 · Answer

Getting outdoors is always good try going for a nature walk.

WhiteShoulder · Answer

One of my friends studied calligraphy

yeolsb · Answer

If writing a blog is a good enough than maybe..

Browneye57 · Answer

Craft beer brewing. SO many rewards. ;)

Nice222 · Answer

I’m teaching myself to play guitar

gym4ever · Answer

Probably fitness and watches

Anonymous · Answer

Booze. Lots of booze.

__Beth__ · Answer

skinny dipping

Anonymous · Answer

no, i have not

Ayebruv · Answer

Masturbation

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