TomDart opened this issue on Jul 07, 2003 ยท 17 posts
TomDart posted Tue, 08 July 2003 at 10:24 PM
Dear doca, If I lived by public acceptance I would have been dead in the water years ago. You see, you apparently know, the creative spirit is not one of public acceptance and pats on the back. Sure, the sometimes positive response is an encouragement and truly welcomed. No, I do not live by that. There is a prostituted kind of acceptance when it is all about what someone else wants. Yet, at least in my metal work, that is often rewarded by joyed clients and my own self knowledge of fine technical production, even if not my sole creation. For me, the technical is not enough. That has no release for the spirit inside and reaches a limit of satisfaction. There is more in personal satisfaction, accepted by others or not. Still, to make a living some is done, some to be proud of even if not a creative masterpiece. In the photography and imaging, I plan to please my inner spirit more than that of others. The fact that you picked the cobalt room is one example of an image specially pleasing and satisfying to me...yet unseen in that worth to others. I am having a print of that image to the frame shop this weekend. Funny timing...we each see what we see. Your comments are appreciated and well understood. I have well been there is my profession but not so in imaging. This is new. This is really great! PS> thanks for taking a look at the stuff there. I do appreciate that. God Bless. TomDart.