Bloo

I wanted to write about my lovely friend for a long time now, but I just couldn't find the inspiration to describe her and her hobby in the most wonderful way :)
Bloo is a wonderful and smart foxy lady and her hobby is nail art.
We were room-mates for a while in college and she actually picked up this hobby from our other room-mate Phoebe who had (still does I guess :P) an obsession with having a different manicure each week. Well Bloo took this to a totally new level, to an art form which she masters quite well may I say (although she sees herself as a beginner if you would ask her).
This is not an abstract form of nail art which you need special training or tools for.
Of course you need a few shades of nail polish (whatever you prefer) a dotting tool or a toothpick (yes, you read right) and a whole lot of patience, creativity and exercise :)
The limit is where your creativity ends and Bloo has an imagination that knows no limits :D

She also makes nail design tutorials for who wants to learn to make the designs. These tutorials are detailed step by step from the base coat to the top coat, check them out on her YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/bloospider

Here are a few of her designs to enchant your eyes and make you wish to try this creative hobby ;)














Enjoy!

Whats your hobby?

We all have hobbies, at least one, don't we?

I read once, that : << There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." >>
I partly agree with this and partly not... it depends on the person and about how obsessive you are about that hobby.

Some people do it to relax, others to create, others to disconnect themselves from the outer world, but the main purpose of having a hobby is to do something that will make you happy.
But then, people are greedy by nature. When something makes you feel good, of course, you will want more and more and at a certain point you will become obsessed with the thing that fills you with happiness, proud, passion, etc.
Hobbies are also called passions(not by chance, I'm guessing) and as passion can become obsession, the same can happen with a hobby.

When you start neglecting your friends, family, health, job, yourself or anything else that should normally be important to you, when instead of dealing with your problems you search for refuge in a hobby... then you need to rethink your priorities. You need to stop when you walked through the fine line between hobby and madness.

When I think of the above mentioned quote, I always remember famous artists, that were considered obsessed, mad, mentally ill at the time, but today they are considered genius artists. Just think of Vincent van Gogh or Picasso as examples.
Their hobby was their torture.

As long as we don't exaggerate, hobbies are good thing, aren't they :)
So... what's your hobby?



PS: picture link http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/qf/c/PopularScience/12-1938/hobbies_hobby/med_hobbies_hobby_0.jpg