I agree 100% vile. Art that is created with the intention of pleasing a "target audience" is little better than advertising and in some ways worse. Art done from within is snapshot of the being under the skin. I do hope you did not misinterpret the meaning of the original post as being an attempt to discover the formula to get folks to look at a piece of work. Personally I don't give a @#$% what the formula may be, because like you I do it for myself alone. It is solely meant to examine the nature of the whims of the general "looky-lou" for the sake of discussion only. Seven is correct there are enormous threads in the theory forum about this very topic ,that I would advise anyone to read in a heartbeat, but I thought I would propose the discussion within the belly of the beast...However, I am far too cowardly to pose a topic like this in the poser forum :)for fear of bursting into flames.