Thalek posted at 6:55 PM Mon, 22 May 2023 - #4466169

JanusJsenwark posted at 9:33 AM Mon, 22 May 2023 - #4466119

Thalek posted at 2:36 AM Mon, 22 May 2023 - #4466109

Y-Phil posted at 1:53 AM Mon, 22 May 2023 - #4466106

Thalek posted at 1:38 AM Mon, 22 May 2023 - #4466104

Did you checked Win10's Events journal? you may find a hint. Or maybe the support could help you if it is about more "intimate" () things proper to Poser 

Haven't checked the events journal, can't consult Rocketship's support, and haven't consulted Microsoft support.  And PzDB is a standalone.  I can drop selections on Poser, but it doesn't need Poser to be running for me to use the database.  I can confidently assert that the problem is unrelated to Poser as I haven't even turned it on the last several days while I concentrate.

It's one of the reasons you guys haven't had any of my renders inflicted on you lately.

Thanks for the time you put into writing this. Wise words that made me think. I have no idea about forums and how to behave in them. Despite my old age, I'm still learning. And you're right, a lot of different philosophies meet here and I took mine too seriously. I'll keep watching and posting funny pictures. Thanks!

You honor me.

Behavior in a forum is much like behavior at a party where you know only about half he people: politeness is the oil society uses to prevent us from rubbing each other raw.  The primary difference is there is no body language or tone of voice.  It's why I add descriptions.  My friends who know me best can tell when I'm being sarcastic or deadpan, but it's harder for others.  Especially when we live in an era where Poe's Law had to be formulated.  ("It is impossible to satirize an extremist in such a way that everyone knows that it IS satire.")   Despite knowing this, many of us will still take a text statement the wrong way sometimes.  It happens.  Being quick with a clarification and quick with an apology are two of the ways the two parties deal with misunderstandings. I took me a long time to learn to apologize when I'm wrong, and I still don't always do it well.

It's not that you took  yourself too seriously, it's that you temporarily forgot that there are additional approaches. to art.  I myself don't like abstract art, but I've always been literal-minded.  Someone once described a certain era of art history as "trying to invent the camera before it existed", and that is the kind of art I personally find appealing.  I find it hard to consider standing on a ladder and spattering a canvas with paint to be art.  In my narrow view, art is supposed to convey a message.  So for me, gravity-induced splatters convey no message at all, except maybe that he left a mess for the maid to clean up for him.

[shrug]  And however firmly I believe my view to be correct . . . well, it's really only correct for ME, right? Get two artists together and you'll probably get three opinions on art.  Get an artist and a non-artist together, and that probably jumps to five opinions.  [grin]  And there are some people that don't consider photography an art.  (Which is probably because, like every other branch of art, some of the photography isn't art at all.  But I'm amazed at some of the artistry that goes into even illustrative technical photography. A photograph of a complex optical experiment becomes magical with a hint of fog to make the laser beams more visible.)

I'm fortunate that I can learn so much from you, from the more technically oriented, and even from painters and photographers who have long studied light and perspective and shades and creative viewpoints.

So in urging you not to stay your opinions when they occur to you, I'm being more than a little self-serving, as well. [grin]

what an awesome and inspiring point of view. Thank you!

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