"The indicator of whether one's work is "good" or not is NOT measured by how many views or comments one gets in an ethereal place such as an internet gallery..." I don't think anyone ever said that here. And I doubt there is any thinking person on this planet, certainly not any artists, who would say such a thing. Fortunately the world in general, and particularly people, are not "Simple!" We are all, all of us, much more complex than that. Part of the art thing is of course simple expression. But who will deny that another part of the artistic process is connecting with someone else? I'll bet there are very few great art works that have never been seen by anyone but the artist. This whole notion that an artist, say a pianist, will be perfectly happy forever playing only for himself is a load of rubbish. After the first year or two how incredibly boring that would be! Furthermore, I'm sure none of us has reached the point where we are so good at our craft that we don't need any feedback, ever. In order to grow we need the challenge of an audience, especially our peers. Sure there is a lot of 'peopling' going on here at Rendo, some pretty darn disgusting at times. But 'they' are 'us'. All of our motivations are basically the same when you boil it all down. Some just act on their motivations differently than others (but that's a whole other discussion). One needs to understand it and accomodate it. My view is that after taking popularity into account one can get a reasonable level of feedback from the count of views and comments. It's certainly not a perfect method but what is? I'm not implying that I'll slit my wrists if I don't get any comments on an image I submit, but I may have a good look at it to see if maybe it could use some work. Or hell, maybe it's a poor piece. They can't all be gems. Tim