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Not yet but I’ve heard about it :wink:
(thinks: phew he didn’t recognise me! :oops: )
Shouldn’t have gone to that bondage club afterwards then… :-
Wonder if certy survived? 8-[
Oh dear, I’m having flashbacks to the disco days of the 70s :shock:
Why not both? To hell with convention :lol:
Festive red I hope! :D
Is that good or bad? :?
So if someone doesn’t say “oh how wonderful” but suggests there might be some room for improvement, that makes them a troll?
Art in whatever form is subjective and we won’t all like the same thing. It doesn’t mean the art is bad, it just means it’s not to our tastes. When you put your art in a public domain then you are inviting comment yet hearing anything less than positive can seem hurtful for after all, this is your baby. But surely if that comment is intended as constructive, to help one better ones work, it should be welcomed for at least that person cared enough to make it.
Encouragement takes many forms and sitting there typing “oh how wonderful” if you feel there is room for improvement is rather like sitting in a restaurant telling them that yes, the meal was wonderful, when in reality you have a sore jaw from trying to chew the tough steak and a tummy chill because the apple pie was still frozen in the middle. Very British but it doesn’t encourage any improvement. Criticism is like advice though, freely given but not always welcomed.
Someone I used to work with used to say “Here’s some advice; it’s up to you what you do with it but treat it as a gift. Some gifts you are delighted by, some gifts go straight into the rubbish bin, and some gifts you’re not sure about so you put them to one side, take them out every so often and look at them and sometimes they go into the former pile, sometimes they go into the latter pile and sometimes you realise it’s a gift to be shared with others.”
Maybe the criticism, which I feel was intended to be constructive and given with the best of intentions, should be treated in the same way.