How interesting your comments are, because I have had similar thoughts lately about Apophysis. Although I love using the program, I have stopped posting my images because, as you said, I've seen them all before. Occasionally I create, or see online, an Apo image that is different, or eyecatching, but being so close to the program, I generally recognize images that are very similar to those I've done myself. I think the appreciation part for the viewer is mostly from the Apo user...but what does the general audience see? We appreciate because we know to some degree what the program is capable of, and what its limits seem to be. A non-Apo user, as my friends and family are, sees either a fuzzy shape, or a swirl of color for the most part. Now, an interesting point...I posted some images over a year ago that I have NOT seen recreated in the galleries, and they got barely a notice. I love them no less, and oddly enough, THOSE are the ones my friends and co-workers asked to have for framing. I love Apo, and I will continue to use it, for my own pleasure. I would never want to question what I enjoy because others who do similar work aren't giving me the praise I "deserve". End of babbling :)