My big problem when trying to post a rating in the gallery is becomming too aware of the total gallery. I'm sitting here looking at something that's clumbsy, has obvious room for improvement, but shows the potential of the artist to learn. Then I look around at the other reviews, and they are all "Best yet!! Never change!!" And then I look around at other items in the galleries and find the same basic mistakes in lighting and poke-through and crunchy joints. And I'm left with the realization that the entire gallery needs a rating, a rating that says "getting better, but keep working at it." Problem is, the gallery as a whole, taken as if it were an individual, is one that is insufferably proud of its own accomplishments and does not want to be told it is still on a learning path. So how do I rate this image before me? I can't talk about it on a scale of what would be possible with that artist and that software. Much less would it be fair to talk about where it stands within the entire variety of visual art. But if I grade it on a curve, am I not supporting this illusion shared by the gallery? And am I not, in effect, telling the artist she is done, she is perfect, she should listen to the roar of the clique and stop trying to improve? Mostly I don't rate at all. That seems the most honest path.