Hi Rupert! I also took up drawing a few years ago, but sadly I don't get the drive so often nowadays. You have a couple of examples here: https://pinchito.es/2024/propositos-2024 I would encourage you to get a teacher, I was lucky enough to get a professional to comment my drawings on WhatsApp and his help was invaluable. And above all, enjoy!
Your habit of closing comments on any post that's likely to draw disagreement is making me very frustrated. I understand why you do it; you don't want to wade through troll mobs and similar. But from my POV, it makes for a read-only blog rather than a conversation.
Your ideas would probably benefit from feedback - most people's do. Mine would certainly benefit from dialogue with a smart person like you who's experienced a rather different political environment from me.
OTOH, I completely understand why you don't want to cope with the internet troll factory. My solution is to blog somewhere a lot less well known than substack, which also supports finer grained control over who can comment. I don't reach The Masses (TM), but I don't aspire to be an Influencer (TM); those who aren't inclined to thinking or dialogue are welcome to find someone else to tell them The Truth (TM), and leave me in peace.
Hi Rupert! I also took up drawing a few years ago, but sadly I don't get the drive so often nowadays. You have a couple of examples here: https://pinchito.es/2024/propositos-2024 I would encourage you to get a teacher, I was lucky enough to get a professional to comment my drawings on WhatsApp and his help was invaluable. And above all, enjoy!
Your habit of closing comments on any post that's likely to draw disagreement is making me very frustrated. I understand why you do it; you don't want to wade through troll mobs and similar. But from my POV, it makes for a read-only blog rather than a conversation.
Your ideas would probably benefit from feedback - most people's do. Mine would certainly benefit from dialogue with a smart person like you who's experienced a rather different political environment from me.
OTOH, I completely understand why you don't want to cope with the internet troll factory. My solution is to blog somewhere a lot less well known than substack, which also supports finer grained control over who can comment. I don't reach The Masses (TM), but I don't aspire to be an Influencer (TM); those who aren't inclined to thinking or dialogue are welcome to find someone else to tell them The Truth (TM), and leave me in peace.