Post #2370649
2026-03-22 15:48 UTC
I have a lot of hobbies and I enjoy them all at different times. Watercoloring is fulfilling in a deeper way. It makes me feel human, connected, and coherent in anway that previously only writing poetry and creative nonfiction did. I didn’t expect that. When I bought my first paint set at Flax, I thought it would be a little craft supply retail therapy and hopefully another hobby to help me relax.
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@dys_morphia@sfba.social 2026-03-22 15:57
I’m not entirely sure why watercoloring is so fulfilling, though I suspect it has to do with self-expression and mastery. Watercoloring, like poetry or creative nonfiction, lets me express my vision of the world. To paint I must notice beauty (or interestingness), observe the scene, analyze its form, and make sense of it. Then I must decide what parts of it to express in the simplified form of the painting. Finally I must apply the technique of painting to put down on paper what I have decided to paint. It’s possible to develop skill in all these phases and I’m ofc simplifying and also giving the false impression of it being purely sequential.