frog pond

Mer

Aug 11

Did you know that frogs squeak? It's the cutest sound. At least the smallest of the two froggos in my pond makes a cute sound, I don't know if the big one does and if so, if it's a cute sound. That'd be in nice contrast with her solemn appearance. Hear tiny froggo's squeak in the second fragment of this video, as she delightedly gobbles an insect which fell on the water.

I can't get arsed with social media, not posting much besides a few stories. Don't check it much either. I know I am not the only one that doesn't see much point anymore... sometimes missing the older days of the internet. Nobody was making a living out of it, sharing was an end in itself. We didn't get more people than we do now to see what we posted (although there sure was more interaction, per view let's say, and it at least seemed more genuine). Why is this not enough now? Because there's a perceived drop with a while ago? Because some people are very successful at it while most of us are not? Because there's just so fucking much of it, a lot of it good, and it is both overwhelming and demoralising?

Right now I don't even feel like making things. "Nobody" gets to see the things I make, and I feel like I'm just making more knick-knacks that then sit in a drawer, like the world needs more of that. I see more and more people announcing that they're going offline with their creative projects, but I have no idea how one goes about that to be honest, it probably involves going out in the world and meeting people; the thought is slightly alarming.

We're building a shed at the back of the garden. Probably for a ceramic + woodworking workshop. This house is so congested with workshops. I imagine it as a refuge, a place to escape from monetised endeavours. I hope it can be that.

The pond was the best investment of effort. Granted that most of the effort was Pim's, so it's easy for me to say. It is endlessly fascinating. All of the critters have moved in because they found it good enough to be their new home. Well, maybe some of them hitched a ride with the plants. They seem to be doing pretty well. There's much to learn from pond creatures, just being there and making the most of it.