Comments on: On creative hobbies http://blog.soton.ac.uk/clare/2011/03/29/on-creative-hobbies/ Grappling with social technologies, and hopefully getting an EngD in the process Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:32:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: clare http://blog.soton.ac.uk/clare/2011/03/29/on-creative-hobbies/comment-page-1/#comment-666 clare Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:54:05 +0000 http://blog.soton.ac.uk/clare/?p=253#comment-666 What a lovely perspective, PD, thank you. I think you're right that as time passes and we gain more independence, we focus in on certain areas/people. Of course, right now I'm living in a studio flat in NL, so only have the one room to stamp my personality on ;) Chris, I'll... keep that in mind! What a lovely perspective, PD, thank you. I think you’re right that as time passes and we gain more independence, we focus in on certain areas/people. Of course, right now I’m living in a studio flat in NL, so only have the one room to stamp my personality on ;)

Chris, I’ll… keep that in mind!

]]> By: Christopher Gutteridge http://blog.soton.ac.uk/clare/2011/03/29/on-creative-hobbies/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Christopher Gutteridge Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:15:07 +0000 http://blog.soton.ac.uk/clare/?p=253#comment-663 Perhaps you need to find a destructive hobby? Y'know, for balance. Perhaps you need to find a destructive hobby? Y’know, for balance.

]]> By: PD http://blog.soton.ac.uk/clare/2011/03/29/on-creative-hobbies/comment-page-1/#comment-661 PD Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:50:45 +0000 http://blog.soton.ac.uk/clare/?p=253#comment-661 I think there is also a dimension of personal geography and belonging. When we were younger or at uni, we are limited usually to one room which we can stamp ourselves on. As you said we have little influence on the creative output from learning, so we create where we can through personal outputs or increased social activity. We then find ourselves in roles where we creatively contribute to strategies and direction. If we are lucky we also find someone who takes on greater social importance and start replacing social interaction with the wider group for that person. Time becomes precious and we subconsciously choose what we invest that time in. We have houses or flats, where our creativity is now spread throughout instead of concentrated in one room. Does not mean the creativity ever goes, it is just spread over a wider geography. . I think there is also a dimension of personal geography and belonging. When we were younger or at uni, we are limited usually to one room which we can stamp ourselves on.

As you said we have little influence on the creative output from learning, so we create where we can through personal outputs or increased social activity.

We then find ourselves in roles where we creatively contribute to strategies and direction. If we are lucky we also find someone who takes on greater social importance and start replacing social interaction with the wider group for that person. Time becomes precious and we subconsciously choose what we invest that time in.

We have houses or flats, where our creativity is now spread throughout instead of concentrated in one room. Does not mean the creativity ever goes, it is just spread over a wider geography.
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