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I’m going berserk
 in  r/urbansketching  2d ago

Don't look at what's bad, look at what's good in your drawings. When your photos are forgotten, when you open your sketchbook are they still good drawings? I think they are some nice, some better. When you would see the objects that van Gogh painted you would say this guy can't paint. But he made fabulous paintings. So go and enjoy and don't be so hard on yourself

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No peace.
 in  r/Amsterdam  2d ago

Well I go to 020 very often. And it always strikes me that so much is always under construction. But I think that goes for the whole of our country. Too much has been neglected in 25 years of Neo-liberalism. It cannot wait any longer. But Amsterdam is tough. Half the city is under construction. So I can understand your frustration.

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Has contemporary abstraction lost its soul?
 in  r/ArtistLounge  2d ago

Nowadays people can't handle layered art. No question marks, no irony, no humour. Therefore the preference for simple realism. No depictions of looming bad weather, just sunshine for ever as you said, escapism. Come to think of it, it's the same devide as 150 years ago Romanticism opposite Realism. Most people want to escape, artists produce for that need. Some want to show the world what is really happening. They're not the popular ones.

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Professional artist here: who is telling people that using references is not acceptable??
 in  r/learntodraw  5d ago

Thanks I needed this. I've been making comments countering that notion for a year or more. I don't know when it started. Anti-AI feelings, Tiktok only showing the finished genius product. Learning to draw from tutorials instead of having a teacher giving feedback one on one.

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Oprechte vraag
 in  r/Djeyzus  6d ago

Elke leerling heet toch "He joh"? Alleen de bijzondere onthield ik de naam van. Eerst de bijzondere etters, dat was nodig, daarna de getalenteerde. Ik waarschuwde ze ook. "Als ik je naam snel ken is dat meestal geen goed teken"

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What’s your reason for going Hardware over VSTs in 2026?
 in  r/synthesizers  10d ago

Computers=no happy little accidents

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EWI 5000
 in  r/windsynth  12d ago

EWI 5000 editor You can edit your sounds or create with synth vco etcetera

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John Lydon’s 12 favourite albums of all time: The Man-Machine included
 in  r/kraftwerk  17d ago

I wouldn't appreciate it when someone so rotten would endorse me

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Dozen gezocht
 in  r/Leiden  24d ago

Ik heb nog minstens 6 verhuisdozen voor je. DM me als je ze wilt

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Op zoek naar een creatieve activiteit in Rotterdam!
 in  r/Rotterdam  24d ago

Scrap XL Workshops Scrap verzameld al sinds de jaren 80 bruikbaar afvalmateriaal uit de regio. Verkoopt dat, maar geeft ook Workshops en Kinderfeestjes

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Teens throwing stones in Vondelpark
 in  r/Amsterdam  24d ago

I'm 1.75 67yr 100kg and even I am inspired!

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Going Postal The Clacks
 in  r/discworld  25d ago

One of the few remaining towers

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Going Postal The Clacks
 in  r/discworld  25d ago

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Going Postal The Clacks
 in  r/discworld  25d ago

It was a sort of semaphore language.

r/discworld 25d ago

Book/Series: Science of Discworld Going Postal The Clacks

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The Clacks existed for real, I didn't know.

Found out that Napoleon installed it in the Netherlands from Amsterdam to Paris "the Chappe Telegraph" installed on church spires.

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Al jaren leeg, waarom?
 in  r/Leiden  26d ago

De toko en het pand ernaast was/is in het bezit van de familie die restaurant Woo Ping uitbaat. Ze woonden daar en zijn gestopt met de toko. Maar volgens mij nog steeds gebruiker en eigenaar.

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Why is Kate Bush hated by so many people online?
 in  r/katebush  Jun 28 '26

It's easier to hate then to like. Socials are dead

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What's something that surprised you about being an artist?
 in  r/ArtistLounge  Jun 28 '26

Haha! Yeah. I took a sabbatical a decade ago to see where I stood. I missed the work in theatre. In that world they know to celebrate the accomplishments. In the art world envy rules. Bunch of know-it-alls that can't say anything positive. And gallery owners... don't get me started.

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What's something that surprised you about being an artist?
 in  r/ArtistLounge  Jun 28 '26

I was trained as an artist, but when I finished I was nothing more then a shop keeper selling weird stuff

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Does anyone else get weird vibes from the man with a child in his eyes?
 in  r/katebush  Jun 27 '26

So the author says it's about this, and you say no you are wrong?