I had an interesting conversation yesterday through PM's with a member here. We discussed my ignorant attitude, and we talked about people that used to be here, and people that are here, and some other stuff too...
In the process of our conversation, there were a couple of penmakers that came up that i had never really paid any attention to. They rarely post to the boards, and when they do, it is 99% of the time pure Business.
I decided to do some homework on my own accord. I wanted to see if this person was correct to put their abilities so high on the pecking order. I searched their accounts, and found websites for each of them. I clicked on the first link and after just a few minutes, I had to go get a drool towel. I opened the second website and it was even worse. It was pen porn at it's best!
These two penmakers are doing things i have only heard about in the back corners of IAP. You know the area with no lights that all of us weirdo's like to hang out at. I heard whispers once or twice, and thought these designs were Unicorns (mythical creatures that dont actually exist). Or at the very least, coocoo birds. They may have existed at one time, but they have long been forgotten....
Well they do exist! I saw them! I saw designs i didn't know existed! I just looked at Sierra style pens for sale for well over $100 each. More importantly, I WANTED TO BUY THEM! Stunning design ideas that, if i had to guess, took weeks to develop. Thing were done that i did not know COULD BE DONE!
I guess the whole point of this thread is to say to slow down and "smell the roses", Or "Look at the pens" as it were. We are fortunate enough to have some of the best and most innovative penmakers in the UNIVERSE right here to tap into for knowledge, and leadership, but instead we fight like 12 year olds. If i spent half as much time looking at peoples work, and working myself as i do bitching, then i would already be well on my way to achieving some of these designs and probably developing a few of my own along the way!
I, personally, Have been rejuvenated! Seeing these works of art has reinspired me and my penmaking.
Sorry to rave on like this... It was quite a suprise, as I thought i already knew who all the "Superstars" were. Boy was i wrong!
In the process of our conversation, there were a couple of penmakers that came up that i had never really paid any attention to. They rarely post to the boards, and when they do, it is 99% of the time pure Business.
I decided to do some homework on my own accord. I wanted to see if this person was correct to put their abilities so high on the pecking order. I searched their accounts, and found websites for each of them. I clicked on the first link and after just a few minutes, I had to go get a drool towel. I opened the second website and it was even worse. It was pen porn at it's best!
These two penmakers are doing things i have only heard about in the back corners of IAP. You know the area with no lights that all of us weirdo's like to hang out at. I heard whispers once or twice, and thought these designs were Unicorns (mythical creatures that dont actually exist). Or at the very least, coocoo birds. They may have existed at one time, but they have long been forgotten....
Well they do exist! I saw them! I saw designs i didn't know existed! I just looked at Sierra style pens for sale for well over $100 each. More importantly, I WANTED TO BUY THEM! Stunning design ideas that, if i had to guess, took weeks to develop. Thing were done that i did not know COULD BE DONE!
I guess the whole point of this thread is to say to slow down and "smell the roses", Or "Look at the pens" as it were. We are fortunate enough to have some of the best and most innovative penmakers in the UNIVERSE right here to tap into for knowledge, and leadership, but instead we fight like 12 year olds. If i spent half as much time looking at peoples work, and working myself as i do bitching, then i would already be well on my way to achieving some of these designs and probably developing a few of my own along the way!
I, personally, Have been rejuvenated! Seeing these works of art has reinspired me and my penmaking.
Sorry to rave on like this... It was quite a suprise, as I thought i already knew who all the "Superstars" were. Boy was i wrong!
