Michael,I'm not sure I understand the Holga thing myself .... But in context of freedom of expression it seems to function as a facilitator... There is a certain characteristic which the camera itself will bring that will no doubt be both blessing and curse (unsharp, tough estimate for exposure, light leaks, back pop offs, vignetting, etc.) ... All things given, in hand the crappy plastic toy camera becomes insignificant and mind and eye have to do what they should do .... At the end of it all having a good time of is extremely important to me and playing with the Holga is fun ...