I love origami because it is casting spells! Conjuring friends, allies, beauty, and complexity out of the primordial ooze of sheet(s) of paper!
The culture of sharing and communication is so lovely. Exchanging spells with fellow wizards!
There is incredible finesse you can exercise over your spells. You can bring precision, life, attitude, shaping, story, color, so so so much more.
Origami is also eminently shareable, cheap, and has a wide range of niches to explore!

and the conventions are really fun :3

 

For this showcase, I folded Foxes!

Hideo Komatsu Fox (from works of hideo komatsu)
Folded with 25x25cm Gold Foil (that i got from a lovely friend at the 2024 Chicago Origami Convention)

Fuchs by Peterpaul Forcher
On Two-color Red/Yellow 15x15cm kami

(and one googly-eyed goldfish 🙂