Are hobbies a pastime???

I have been thinking on something for quite a long time...

Are hobbies a pastime or something to enhance your talent and know yourself better???

When i was a school going girl, I used to think hobbies are something which help us in passing time, irrespective of how effectively or qualitatively we do it. I some how had an affinity towards music and nailpolishes. I was not allowed to play with nail polishes often but music topped the list. I started off with typical bollywood : filmy, music but ended up listening to almost all kind.

I learnt the art of enjoying the music irrespective of the language, i started listening to various language music.. ofcourse indian languages. I eventually thought learning a language would help me understand the music moreand better. I felt that i had an affinity to learn new language too. Though I can not speak all fluently, but I learnt so much that I could undertsand the basic things.

I even learnt that I was fascinated by the musical instruments, and eventually learnt playing keyboard. I love listening to tabla, drums, guitar, mouth-organ, violin and saxophone. I observed a thing in music.. use of saxophone makes a romantic song sound more romantic.

Lately I have developed an art of humming and composing songs, sometimes with lyrics, and sometime just the music...

Now, coming back to my passion for nailpolishes.. I loved painting my nails with different colours. That ultimately led me to play with colors and paint.. whether on a nail, a piece of paper, cloth etc.

I had a knack for creating small.. tiny winy arts on nails.. which lately, is known as nail art.. I have been so perfect in doing those, that even my cousins and friends have enjoyed this on their nails, created by me. My paintings in school won prizes.

Thus, one thing called hobby, led to other things... call it a hobby or a budding talent.