Deagol opened this issue on Apr 27, 2005 ยท 32 posts
tdierikx posted Wed, 27 April 2005 at 8:16 PM
I failed Art at school - failed it rather miserably in fact! Funny how that can affect someone for a very long time... it's been 20 years since I was basically told that I was a total failure at making anything of artistic value. My confidence is slowly improving to the point where I'm a lot less reluctant to "show off" my works - but I'm still more likely to put such works into my own private gallery, rather than at places like this one. Rediscovering fractals has definitely been great for me - it combines my love for computers and my taste for the somewhat wierd and abstract... and the feedback that I do get (unsolicited of course) inspires me to get a little more creative, try new things, and just enjoy what I'm doing. I'm happy to take negative comments about my works also - you'd just better back them up with a bloody good reason why before it will even register on this little black duck... lol! I like my displayed works - that's why I display them... if others like them, then that's a huge bonus! To get all in a flap about whether one work or another should or shouldn't be included in some ethereal internet "best of" showcase isn't worth it in my opinion... I think 99% of the stuff I've seen here is worthy of inclusion anyways! T.
Who? Me?