Dialyn .... hello .... excellent post .... I would agree with the great majority of your opinion(s) .... without getting into 'psychology 101' too deeply, I'll take a stab at this, from my most humble perspective .... From our birth we are raised to 'conform' .... schools teach the classic 'bell curve' .... or the 80/20 rule as I call it .... people on the 'fringes' are rare and often our most brilliant(at 'either' end of the spectrum,per se) .... I love 'words', also .... but, I also love 'pictures' .... that's why I take double exposure photographs with my 35mm camera .... to me, the 'ultimate' is to post a 'picture' of mine 'with' a 'poem' of mine .... I post what "I" feel/write or 'see/take pics of .... I guess it's nice to 'see' a painting/pic and see 'your' vision of what it means, by all means.... but, I also like to know 'what' the 'artist' was thinking when he/she did the piece .... If I could somehow 'enhance' my present two 'skills'(???) into the 3d bryce type worlds,etc., I see here at renderosity, I would 'hope' my images I now do would 'jump' off the page, as it were, and strike someone out there that I could not 'reach' with my 'normal' modes of operation .... I would also be able to do things with the digital pc that I could 'never' do with my 35mm camera.... I met a masterful body repair worker years ago .... he only worked on corvettes .... he was brilliant and they came from all over to have him work on their vehicles .... I once asked him, since he was so obviously great at his craft, just 'why' he did 'only' corvettes? .... He smiled, and told me he could do 'any' car probably as well, but that he 'loved ' corvettes .... lol.... make any sense? .... kinda' like why I can't understand 'why' someone 'only' likes 'country' music, etc. .... I was fortunate to be exposed to all types of music .... I feel sorry for someone, at times, for 'only' liking 'one' type of music .... but, then I see them 'happy as a pig in mud', and I just 'smile'....When people see my 'double exposure' pics I take, next to pictures of 'kids and dogs', etc., 80% of peoples choose 'dogs and kids' ....lol.... I loved reading 'bridges of madison county' .... I also loved the movie as much, if not more .... the 'bottom line' to me? .... just 'enjoy' what 'you' do! .... (long winded, too!) .... great post topic! ....brian.