Re: [APML] Results vs. expense (was New Pix by Robert Gendler)

["Andy Wallace" <andywallace@home.com>]

Well put! There is a place for me in this hobby after all!  :-)  I'm a
George Plimpton type of guy with too many hobbies.

Andy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael A. Covington" <Michael@CovingtonInnovations.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] Results vs. expense (was New Pix by Robert Gendler)


> Another thing we need to beware of -- and I've seen this happen in several
> hobbies -- is saying to people, "Unless you have as much money and time as
I
> do, you're not to be taken seriously."
>
> Some people want to devote substantial portions of their lives to
> astrophotography; others just want to try a few simple things.  There's
> plenty of room in the world for both.
>
> Astrophotography is not my career.  It's something I do for fun.
>
> As G. K. Chesterton said, "Anything worth doing well is worth doing
badly."
> By that he means that if an activity is inherently fulfilling, it will
> appeal to amateurs and dabblers as well as professionals.
>
> There's room in the world for sandlot baseball as well as the New York
> Yankees... The same goes for stargazing and astrophotography.
>
>
>
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