Good point. I completely agree with you. I had a discussion about this on the Fractal Burka blog and I said that the challenge for all innovative artists throughout history was to get people to just look at the image in front of them and think for themselves.

On my new blog I compared a current fractal artist's work with a well known conventional artist from the turn of the century (1900's that is). I found that they had enormous similarities in style. What's the difference? One was made with paint and canvas, the other is made with a computer. They really look like similar pieces of artwork when viewed on a computer monitor.