Heather @Rheall@comicscamp.club

Don't get me wrong, I won't be getting one of these any time soon. It's too expensive to just buy on a whim. But it's something I'll think long and hard about, and see if I can't work out a saving plan.

It would be nice to try, at any rate. I miss playing music. 💗

But I love playing clarinet SO MUCH. I don't think I could commit to playing with a concert band any time soon (that and I'd need a LOT of practice to get back to a playable level), and it seems like a waste to get lessons on an instrument I won't be playing with other people.

I dunno. I've been stuck on playing my clarinet for decades now.

The EWI, though… this would be SUCH a fun way to interact with and experiment with music, in a way that makes sense to me.

I miss making music. I miss it a lot. But the problem with playing clarinet is that it's not easy to play casually, on your own… you can play melodies and some solos, sure, but the instrument shines when it's played in accompaniment with other instruments.

That, and it's pretty loud. It's tricky to practice clarinet and not have that constant worry in the back of your head that you're bothering people. It's just hard to pick up and use, you know?

After watching a few youtube videos… dang, this looks SO up my alley.

My main difficulty with making music nowadays is that I want to do so electronically, but to do so I'd have to learn piano (or alternatively electric guitar or something) to use as a midi-controller input.

But being able to use a woodwind-style instrument as a midi controller? That's SO EXCITING to me! :D

Time to save up for an EWI Solo, I think… ($700 CAD, though, )

How did it take me this long into my lifespan to learn that EWIs (Electronic Wind Instruments) exist

I have a mighty NEED

The last few months I've really felt I haven't been the best Curator I could have been, and my anxiety about the job and my performance in it began to spike. I realized it was time for me to pass the torch, so-to-speak.

I'm glad I've got the time to focus on ComicsCamp.Club now. I've sorely neglected it, and it is my baby, after all! ☺️ Here I go for another creative, hopefully comics-filled adventure! 🏕️

Seriously, though… being •ART's Admin was such an amazing thing for me. It felt *so good* to be able to take care of and provide for the community that welcomed me to the :fediverse:Fediverse for so long. I've always loved being the host, you know, cultivating community, and it felt so good and so right to do it for •ART. Thanks, @CuratorClassic, for believing in me.

It's done… it's finally done.

Mastodon.ART is now safe in the hands of @welshpixie. She's going to *rock* at the job.

I'm so glad I was able to find someone to take over that I trust and feel so delighted about. Del was such a welcoming figure when I first joined •ART back in 2017, and I know she's going to be great at being Curator.

As for me… time for me to go breathe for a little while.

To be fair, I got a Fine Arts degree, and even trying to relate to my peers on the same level about contemporary/modern fine art made be feel the same way, so ¯\_༼ ಥ ‿ ಥ ༽_/¯

The only time I've cried when writing an essay was when I was driven to tears trying to write one about the Platonic Ideals. 🤬

I feel like whenever I tried to study philosophy or critical theory in uni my lessons always went like this:

Prof: "So, it's like x."

Me: "Like x, got it"

Prof: "No, you misunderstand. It's xy."

Me: "Okay… xy. I get it."

Prof: "No, no, it's more than that. It's x(y+z)"

Me: "… soooo x(y+z)?"

Prof: "No, you're not listening, it's √(π(x(y+z))^(γ / φ))"

Me: 💥💥💥

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Every time I start reading Tamora Pierce novels again I get the urge to draw the characters.

Here are a couple I've done in the past. Alanna and Moonlight, Kel and Jump/Peachblossom/birds, and Daine. I really want to redo my drawing of Daine, though, I'd definitely draw her differently now (with darker skin, for one).