Foolish Questions, Notions and Miscellany

But there’s a world of difference between doing what you love for you, and doing what you love for a paycheck. 

I went to undergrad for graphic design and 3-D design–art and more art, I usually say–and I loved it. You know what I didn’t love? Trying to collect my fees from clients. Trying to meet unrealistic, over-simplified or over-specific briefs from people who didn’t know what they were talking about. Coming home, having worked creatively all day, with no creative juice left for the things I wanted to do.

You know what I would tell you instead? Do something that you can be interested in, with people you like.

You don’t have to love it. Loving your work can be a lot, and it often means you have to live in your job 24/7. Some people can do that. Not everyone can, or should.  But if you can find work that’s interesting enough that it doesn’t feel tedious, and people you can enjoy spending your 9-5 with, and you can make money, that’s great! It means you can do the things you love for you.

I’m in law school now. It’s interesting work, and difficult, and I like doing it. I like how complicated it gets, and I like the stories it tells. But I don’t come home and read law journals for fun. I come home, and I sculpt, and I draw, and I paint, and I read. I do these things for me.

Hello fellow Winterhawk lovers!!

The mods at Winterhawk Big Bang would like to formally announce the fact that we will be holding a Big Bang this year!

That’s awesome we hear you say, but when will it be - well, that’s partially up to you. We’ve created a poll that can be found here where you can vote for the time span that works best for you. Said poll will be up for the next two weeks (until the first of February) at which point we will tally the votes and announce the rough dates for the bang. :)

What do we mean by rough dates? Well, we’re going to do things slightly differently than we have done in the past (and than traditional Bangs used to) but more on that later. Right now, we just want to get some information on what times work best for everyone writing and arting wise.

We would also like to announce that we are looking for another mod to help with the workload this year. Last year’s RBB didn’t go as smoothly as we would’ve liked and it was in a large part due to the workload and not enough hands for it. So that said, we need you to help us out on this as well. If you are interested in becoming a mod please email us at [email protected] with your name and contact info (on as many platforms as you are comfortable) , a little of your fandom history (including any history running events and the like), and just a little about yourself. :)  

You have one week to do this at which point, the remaining current mods will put our heads together and pick the newest member of our team - who will be announced on the 1st of February.