JFC, that last batch of tweets is even more incomprehensible than usual. Lou the Writer, everyone
also, I have been thinking about Lou's """art career""" that he has been trying to get started (by spending hundreds of dollars on new tablets and apple pencils). cut for length
sorry this is pretty autistic and rambling. just my thoughts on part of what might have fed into Lou's (lack of) work ethic regarding his hobbies.
also, I have been thinking about Lou's """art career""" that he has been trying to get started (by spending hundreds of dollars on new tablets and apple pencils). cut for length
becoming truly skilled at drawing, coloring, or writing--hobbies that he uses to identify himself, just as he latches on to "trans/disabled"--would surely be a good way to own the haters who criticize his lack of talent. he would be able to earn money doing things he enjoys--without "getting his hands dirty" with manual labor like he dreads having to do--and I am sure that by acquiring an actual skill he would feel much happier and confident in himself. however the fact that he refuses to put more than the bare-minimum of effort into any of these hobbies, while it is not surprising, is very telling about his mindset.
I think that Louis was never actually told he needed to improve on anything. looking at his college blogs, it seems he could write passably well and was a somewhat-more well adjusted person (he had friends, played sports, etc.) but we can also see his USI already in full bloom as he believed he was going to out-sell Danielle Steel or whoever with his writings, bragged a lot about his intelligence and was very hostile to criticism from others.
my guess is that as a kid, he could write fairly well--better than his peers--and this got him a lot of attention, so by the time he entered college he assumed he was already God tier and did not need to improve anything. you would think he received constructive criticism about his writing from his college professors--maybe at the time he respected them enough to actually apply it--but it is also possible, depending on the quality of the college, they simply did not give a shit as long as his writing was passable. whatever the reaction of his teachers, I believe that he finished college without actually learning anything: how to write better, how to receive criticism, or how to market himself and get a job using his so called skills.
now, as a nearly-middle aged man, he wants to take a crack at drawing and coloring. he finds he can do the bare minimum of coloring using the bucket tool so he doesn't bother trying to learn finer points like shading. drawing poses a problem because there is no "easy" route to being a good artist; I'm sure more artistically inclined kiwis can elaborate more on this topic, but drawing, like any other skill most likely involves a lot of trial and error, making mistakes, turning out embarrassing quality work before you reach a point that you are proud of. in other words, a lot of work. it doesn't come easily to Lou the way writing may have when he was younger, and he does not care enough about art for its own sake to put in the necessary effort. so he just says that he is "working on it" or "hoping to become an artist" to try to justify grifting for his 97,263d tablet.
I think that Louis was never actually told he needed to improve on anything. looking at his college blogs, it seems he could write passably well and was a somewhat-more well adjusted person (he had friends, played sports, etc.) but we can also see his USI already in full bloom as he believed he was going to out-sell Danielle Steel or whoever with his writings, bragged a lot about his intelligence and was very hostile to criticism from others.
my guess is that as a kid, he could write fairly well--better than his peers--and this got him a lot of attention, so by the time he entered college he assumed he was already God tier and did not need to improve anything. you would think he received constructive criticism about his writing from his college professors--maybe at the time he respected them enough to actually apply it--but it is also possible, depending on the quality of the college, they simply did not give a shit as long as his writing was passable. whatever the reaction of his teachers, I believe that he finished college without actually learning anything: how to write better, how to receive criticism, or how to market himself and get a job using his so called skills.
now, as a nearly-middle aged man, he wants to take a crack at drawing and coloring. he finds he can do the bare minimum of coloring using the bucket tool so he doesn't bother trying to learn finer points like shading. drawing poses a problem because there is no "easy" route to being a good artist; I'm sure more artistically inclined kiwis can elaborate more on this topic, but drawing, like any other skill most likely involves a lot of trial and error, making mistakes, turning out embarrassing quality work before you reach a point that you are proud of. in other words, a lot of work. it doesn't come easily to Lou the way writing may have when he was younger, and he does not care enough about art for its own sake to put in the necessary effort. so he just says that he is "working on it" or "hoping to become an artist" to try to justify grifting for his 97,263d tablet.
Classic Lou.
