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touchlikethesun · 3 months ago

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it does kinda feel crazy to know enough about a topic that i consistently come to work at the museum and they're like "can you give a tour today on this or that aspect of the museum's collection?" and i don't need to even prepare anything, i can just say yes. like again, i know this is like. normal. for adults with jobs to be able to do their job. but it still feels weird to me that i can speak with authority about anything other than fandom

#i'll be honest even for philo and linguistics...#i'm not sure i could give a structured talk on a random subject at the drop of a hat #i'd need at least a little prep time #but bookbinding?? the museum's collection??#i've done an architecture tour of the museum an art nouveau tour tours about renaissance bindings a private tour for a contemporary binder #where i held my own in conversation across someone that's done this as a career for 30+ years and i was still able to teach THEM something #today's drop of a hat tour was on art deco bindings in the collection #and i'm not AS confident with art deco as i am with art nouveau #it's basically a transitional period between art nouveau and truly abstract contemporary bindings #so a bit harder to characterise #but i still know the important names the important techniques the trends to point out #and the visitors SEEMED happy with it #idk idk idk #sorry i post something like this a lot ik but it's still so odd for me to feel like... like i know things #personal #professional

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