Quote - I recently posted this image, Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater , in my gallery. I have to warn you before looking, this is a dark version of the rhyme and is a bit bloody. I've been doing a series of Dark Tales and Twisted Rhymes in my gallery and they are a bit morbid.

Anyway, I was tickled by the wonderful coments I received on this series and especially on Peter. They've been very encouraging and I really appreciate the response. Then someone wrote this about the Peter image:

"That's really sick humor, sorry someone has to say this-but this is pretty sick."

I felt stunned when I read this. At first I thought it was meant to be a joke, but the more I read it, the more I understood it not to be. I felt as if this person was attacking me. It made me want to shrink into a corner as if I had posted some sleezy porn. I admit the image is morbid as is the humor in it. Call it dark, call it grotesque, call it black, call it grim or twisted, but sick?

I wouldn't let it bother you.

Art is subjective and we each like what we like. The whys and reasons behind our choices are vast, and can't easily be explained.  Some like certain art because of the subject, others because of the colours.  The reasons for not liking something are just as vast.  Plus our morals and religious beliefs play a big part in how we look at not only art, but other things in the world too.

When you post something for public consumption and invite people to comment, you have to be prepared for both the good and bad because there will be some who look at what you do and not like it and will tell you what they think, and will tell you so in their words, and not necessarily using words that you would have liked to hear.

Don't take things so personally.  The comment wasn't about you as a person. It was about the image itself and apparently the viewer didn't like it and told you so and why.

Things could have be worse :)  Your name could be Kevin Costner and you could be reading the reviews on "Waterworld", 

EDIT:  I don't comment  on many images because when I make a comment I want it to count for something and mean something.  Also, if I don't like a picture I just move onto another one abiding by what my parents taught me about "if you can't say something nice....."  I'd rather boost someone's ego with a pat on the back than shoot them down with negative comment.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi