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OaktreeSenior Contributor
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Hey guys,
Here is a space where you can share the results of your latest arts/crafts/hobbies or projects. This can relate to anything you like. Go nuts…
Thanks to @Jlol for this idea
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GlistenSenior Contributor
@avant-garde Your bag of socks 🧦 Begs the question, should you have a sock 🧦 cull?
What do you think @Former-Member Grems how many socks 🧦 does one person need?
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Unknown userMember
@Glisten am I really the right person to ask 😂. I have a huge sock collection, difference is most of mine are still brand new and not being used and probably won't ever get used. Socks are just one of those things that seems to accumulate over time, well that's my excuse anyway 😂
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AnxiousDuckContributor
@rav3n
Thankyou so much! I'll have to bust out my projects and get some pictures to share haha, it's been a little while since I've managed to sit down with them though, but I'm always itching to. Perhaps this'll be my push?
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OaktreeSenior Contributor
@AnxiousDuck
Looking forward to seeing your stuff.
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DogMan79Senior Contributor
Wow, this is a really long thread in a short timeframe
1998-2003 I studied arts at TAFE, Monash Uni and then honours year at ANU (I broke that year and was admitted to CATT)
I stopped making art by '04
2020-2022 with lockdown in Melbourne, I painted as gifts. Not Art, just daggy pet portraits for friends
Just recently, either starting 2023 or 24, I started trying Art Therapy. My skills died long ago. There is no such thing as "Natural talent", there is only practice. And I have lacked practice
A lot of it is Parts-Work including IFS (Internal Family Systems therapy) and just letting Parts express themselves through FOT Focusing Oriented Therapy methods (Pioneered by Eugene Gendlin and Ann Cornell)
(The reference photo for the B&W pastel/woman screaming was AI generated then hand drawn in pastel. Just for transparency and honesty)
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Unknown userMember
Well here it is. I finished this today but I'm really not happy with it. For some reason this picture really made me frustrated cos it just wasn't working out.
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tymeModerator
Hey @DogMan79 ,
Thanks for sharing.
Just a quick side note, one of your pics (screaming woman) has not passed moderation. We recognise it is creative expression, but it may be triggering for members to see. At this stage, we are not able to add a spoiler to pictures. I will raise this with the team to see if it is something we can do in the future.
Sorry about that.
In response to: Re: Hobbies and Projects
tymeModerator
Hey @Former-Member I LOVE it!
Thank you for sharing. Do you laminate them once they are done???
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Unknown userMember
@tyme thanks.
No i don't, they usually end up lost or destroyed. But I brought a folder yesterday to put them in so maybe I can keep them safe.
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DogMan79Senior Contributor
@tyme
I don't understand why. But that's okay
I rarely post here, so don't have a great sense of what is and isn't allowed here
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