It's been a while since i last came here and, oh my!, have things changed! From enthusiasm to disillusion.

First of all, I think people are taking this too seriously. This is supose to be fun, remember?! :-)

I also think there were different expectations from different people. For example, Ladonna expected critiques regarding technique only but i, personally, always thought that much more was open for debate. In the headline of "Art Theory" forum we can read: *"[...] techniques, color, perspective, composition, balance and all aspects of art [...]".

If it was only technique, i wouldn't have joined in the first place! If it was only to learn techniques, i could simply read manuals!... It's much more efficient!...  It's the sensitivity of people i want to hear, those things that you can not find in books. Now i understand why people get upset with some critiques. The "givers" and the "takers" of critique have completely different understandings of what a critique is.

Oh well... I will continue to write whatever i want, whenever i want. After all, when a picture is posted, we all have to select an option which reads something like: "Both critical and non-critical comments are welcomed."  So, i will just follow what that line says... If someone doesnt want comments, just disable comments.

And... another thing: it is expectable that we read comments we dont like. It is even expectable that we read comments we hate! Isn't that what happens on "real life" art galleries, for example? Are the critiques on the magazines and newspapers always nice? For sure not! Someone who puts their work to public display is bound to have all sorts of comments. That's life! Who cant handle it should keep their work to themselves.

Or maybe a new option should be created on Rendo: "Only non-critical comments welcomed".

Regarding the obligation to post a comment: if i'm ever obliged to post comments, than i'm out of this group. I have too many obligations in my real life, i dont want more. If some image has nothing to do with my idea of art, i will not post any comment. Like i wrote before, art for me is not an empty room with a car and a naked girl, independently of how shiny the car is or how good the girl's texture is. I expect the same from other people regarding my images. If my images are absolutely out of their idea of art, then they shouldnt bother to write anything (I wouldnt know what to do with their comments in this case, anyway).

Now... let's stop these discussions and create some art!  Isn't that why we are here?!... :-)