mhv
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Amateur astronomes are learning about the sky. Like most scientists, they retrace the steps of their forebears. Most artists also need to retrace the steps of their forebears, and it takes one usually a few years before one comes up with something really original.
But there is a difference between imitating to learn, and imitating while pretending one is fresh, original, and vanguard. As I said, I'm cranking my opinion to 11 (and it's been fun to see a few raised eyebrows), but my point is simply that too many people believe they are The Sh!t because they do street.
But there is a difference between imitating to learn, and imitating while pretending one is fresh, original, and vanguard. As I said, I'm cranking my opinion to 11 (and it's been fun to see a few raised eyebrows), but my point is simply that too many people believe they are The Sh!t because they do street.
crawdiddy said:There are many excellent antidepressants available now. Pick one and give it a try.
They may not cause you to alter your studied opinion that "it's all been done before," but the notion may bother you less.
You know, there are only a handful of working professional astronomers in the world. It's not a large workforce. And then there are lots of amateurs that pursue astronomy for the sheer pleasure of it. And most comets discovered these days are named for the amateur(s) that discovered them.
And really, finding a comet on a dark night, in the exact location where there was nothing visible the night before, is something like making a good street photograph. The odds are against it, but it's thrilling when it happens. And the truth is that most amateur astronomers and street photographers are in it for the process, not the end result. We're having a good time, and we don't believe it's all been done. And even if we did, we would still make photographs.