Definitely agree. I had zero interest in sculpture until I walked into the Louvre and d'Orsay museums in Paris. I was transfixed by the sculptures there. Specifically the Winged Victory of Samothrace, the Rape of Persephone, and the Venus de Milo.
As in staring at each piece for nearly an hour, unable to imagine how the artist got that out of stone. It blew my mind, and the memory of it still does.
I don't care how good your photos are, or whatever visualisation technology you're using, nothing - absolutely nothing - compares to standing in the same room as the real thing.
Conversely, being in the same room as the Mona Lisa was unexpectedly disappointing. It's so small and hard to see with 800 fellow tourists crammed into the viewing room. That probably is better examined online, though seeing it in person is an experience.
The Sistine Chapel is also something worth seeing in person. You can't judge the scale from photos.
Not sure about the top and bottom ones, but I'm pretty sure those @a.gup.pe ones are Mastodon "groups". They're a reflector that you tag into a post to have it shared to its followers across all instances, rather than just your local instance (as with hashtags).
They're a workaround for one of the limitations in Mastodon, but they work. I expect they'd appear empty if viewed in Lemmy.
Terrifying. I did mine nearly 30 years ago with nothing more than a couple of years of decent salary and the belief I'd be able to get a similar salary elsewhere if needed.
It worked out in the end. I'm in IT, and ended up working for a startup that floated and the monopoly moneyoptions became actual money, so was able to pay off my mortgage the year before COVID hit. It's made things immeasurably easier.
Not sure how things would be in the current situation of gigs, near-zero job security, etc. Really feel for those of you in that boat. It suuucks.
But life goes on. Roll the dice and trust that you can make the best of it, I think?
Edit: Ask yourself if you want to keep paying off someone else's mortgage and own nothing, or pay off your own.
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