nods I took down my old gallery too, and the images I have reposted are only in my articles. I still post, and I do have a few pieces in my gallery, but for the most part, my work doesn't get posted. I no longer care about comments, rankings and votes. I think, at one point, I was one of those people that made it into the hot 20 (with almost every post), and didn't deserve it. I was getting 60+ comments per image, but not a single one would tell me anything but "wow" or "awesome". That's nice, but how was I ever supposed to improve, if I went on thinking I really was "all that"? I went stale :o( Creating art is a very personal thing for me now. I do it because I love it. It keeps me grounded, it helps me work through my frustration, and express myself in a way that words and actions never could. If I never posted another image here, I would still be just as happy to create.