There are lots of good options, but I tried to think of something that 1) doesn't cost any money and 2) is less obvious than the usual choices/places.
One of the houses around the northernmost lake, in the city's chain of lakes, turned a tree they cut down into a giant pencil, and if you visit in late spring/early summer they do a pencil sharpening ceremony, where they actually use a giant pencil sharpener to sharpen it. Its basically just a goofy post-modern pagan start of summer ceremony dedicated to this pencil where people dress up like pencils/erasers and do dances and have fun being parodies of themselves (and their deity).
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randomly bought these pencils from a knick knack store in portland maine
might be the first time ive used a pencil since college ?
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fully aware this is my second pencil related rec. but the joy i feel when using a freshly sharpened dixon ticonderoga cannot be understated!
Mar 13, 2024
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They may have them
Other places too but idk
Jun 8, 2024
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I don't know how well this actually answers your initial question, I think it's more of a counterpoint to some of the stuff people have already said, but here it goes.
In the past (prior to social media or search engines) specific styles, specialized knowledge, and niche awareness actually took effort. You had to go out into the world and find a scene, be accepted, participate in it, contribute to it, and learn from others with specific knowledge within the specific sub- or counter-cultural scene. It took time, effort, and experience to craft an identity. Nowadays people cycle through various identities and trends like commodities because it takes no effort (they're sold to them by social media algorithms, influencers, brand accounts, etc.). It comes to you in your phone without you ever even having to leave the house or put in the time to discover it or participate in it (you just follow specific people or subscribe). You can be a passive observer or consumer, not an active contributor. As a result, you're not invested or tied down and committed to that core identity. You can cosplay depending on your mood or who you want to momentarily convey yourself as, because it's easy. Essentially, being a poser has become normalized. An identity is now something to be momentarily consumed and affected, rather than grown, built, and developed over time.
Granted, it's always been different in regards to "mass" culture and popular trends (both in the past and now). Those are impossible to miss and were always monopolized by specific trend setting institutions, but always by the time it gets to that point, the actual initial counter- or sub-culture that inspired it has already been coopted and has started to disintegrate under the weight and attention of mass consumption.
Feb 18, 2024
It's an action deserving of its own nickname. My cat's name is Gomez, but when he crosses his paws like this, he turns into Hodgkins Plumpersocks.
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title: "pet; owner"
medium: hair
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