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Monthly Archives: January 2023
Do You Hobby?
Had a doctor appointment today and the paper-paperwork was mostly a repeat of the fill-this-out-every-time-you-have-an-appointment-digital history except it asked about work history AND
“Do you have any hobbies?”
Now, this was looking for potentially health-threatening exposures, I get it, but I am rather put off by lumping my painting/printing/etc into something called “hobbies”, so I put it down under work stuff – Artist (painting/printing/fiber). Then the doc and I had a chat about that – what kind, no solvents, etc, etc.
It does have me wondering though, “do you have any hobbies?”
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Posted in Art in the world, Do the Work, lino cut printing, the creative process, watercolor
Tagged art, hobby, lino, linocut, medical, watercolor
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