Chipp,

I have nothing new to add. I suspect you dont either. So perhaps we should both leave it alone now? If anyone else has something additional/new to say they should feel free and welcome to do so.
I had a practical purpose in posting this thread and it surved the purpose for me as well as being informative for other people. If you think that is the same as  beeing  a chronic complainer - not much I can do about it, ignore me if you wish.

"I paint that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive. I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence."
Man Ray, modernist painter
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