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snowflake_challenge #5: In your own space, talk about an idea you wish you had the time / talent / energy to do. ⢠I wish I could draw. People who make fanart are amazing, and I wish that I had the natural born talent to create visually like that. I love watching artists who do timelapses of their sketching to digital to colouring steps. It's why I do my best to point out details and emotions etc. in the fanart that I click on these days. I know a lot of work goes into them, just like fic, and I really want to let artists know that I can see some of the detail they may have purposefully put in their work. (I figure since I love it when people pull out lines in my fic that they love, it's nice to pay it forward for fanartists, too.)
⢠I wish I could make fanvideos. Some people are such good vidders. I never used to like watching fanvideos but then I found some that were right up my alley and I can't stop. I can't storyboard a video in my head and I don't have the patience to go through hours of footage to find the right moments to capture.
⢠I wish I had the patience to gif. I did try to gif a few times, but I was really impatient and found it really difficult. (I think I could honestly do it if I had the patience for it. Never say never.) My hat's off to gifmakers who make intricate gifs on Tumblr.
⢠I've always, always wanted to write a novel. I have written some 75% of the way through with previous NaNos, but I've lost the drive over the last few years to deep dive into original work. I get really overwhelmed by ideas and lose interest. I would love to write an original novel one day from start to end and have a complete story.
⢠I wish I didn't stop learning how to play the piano. I just didn't like the exams (and I didn't like my teacher very much, come to think of it). But I was a young kid and I didn't want to stick with it, so, hopefully it finds its way back to me in the future.
⢠I wish I could knit. My maternal grandmother was really good at knittingâshe taught herself how to read patterns and would make me jumpers and made me a scarfâbut every time I tried to knit a scarf, it always ended up seemingly like the Leaning Tower of Pisa lol.
⢠I've always wanted to run a DWRP game, and I tried to do a private one, but I don't really have the time or energy for it. I also find it difficult to plot and plan things as well as participate in it. It takes a lot of work to create a creative space like that. I tried, it didn't gel, and I'll always long for it, but it's not necessarily a big deal to me anymore.
I guess, in tandem with that, I'd love to try D&D one day. I love roleplay and this is one aspect of it that I've never gotten to engage in.
⢠I wish I liked travelling, but I am a homebody through and through and love being able to say goodnight to my cats lol.
⢠Dance lol. I wish I could dance, but my guilty feet have got no rhythm. Sad.
⢠Do makeup. I'm not a big makeup person and I don't enjoy it, but I wish I had the skill to do some fun looks with eyeshadows.
⢠I wish I could garden, but 1) I don't like being outside with the bugs and 2) I have a black thumb. I tried to grow things but I kept getting these specific bugs eating my strawberries before they even get to grow! I think if I give it another go, I'll be asking one of my family friends (who has had success at growing vegetables) what her tips are. I'm determined!
⢠Be able to duplicate myself and write several projects all at once. (I'm starting to get a sore wrist from typing so much during the day thanks to doing work and my creative writing, so I should probably tack onto that my wish for wrists that were invulnerable.)
There are some things I was doing before the pandemic hit, so I can only hope I'm able to get back into those soon. That included riding my bike, going for walksâmy friend and I did the 7 Bridges Walk, which is a 30km walk around Sydney, and go back to pottery. I've also started writing the fics I want to write, and figured out a way to break my time up to touch multiple projects.
There are some things on this list that I know I could achieve with discipline and some that I simply can't because it's just not in the cards for me. A girl can dream!
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Me too! The thing is that I actually do have storyboards in my head, I just don't have the tech skills to see them to fruition. Or the patience to go through hours of footage, either. :P
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But I can never see myself doing that lmfao.
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Same with the fanvids and the gifs. I have song ideas but just not the patience or drive to figure it all out.
I'm not a big makeup person and I don't enjoy it, but I wish I had the skill to do some fun looks with eyeshadows.
If this isn't me. I never wore make up growing up and lost interest as an adult but for special events it would be nice to know more about what I am doing.
My parents are good at gardening, but I never could pick it up and I wish I did and like you, I don't love being outside but also don't like working with dirt.
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I never wore make up growing up
Same! Maybe I'll put on some mascara, but I personally don't get the whole face thing. (Contouring makes no sense to me.) It'd be nice to know how to do it⌠I've even tried to do my makeup by following a video, but I can tell you I got frustrated by the process and the end result lol.
LMAO. I want to garden, but I don't want to be outside, I want the bugs away from me, and I want shit to grow ASAP! I'm glad there's someone else out there who wants to do it but, you know, doesn't like where it has to happen.
I also didn't know there were different kinds of dirt. đ There was no hope for me. None.
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I'm hoping the cloning happens in the next few years. My clone can work while I go get bullied by my cats.