This is my first visit to this forum. I have posted to newsgroups and fractal-world. Often it seems that viewers post comments knowing that human nature leads the artist to post a nice comment to their artwork in return. Therefore, I am not sure that comments and the rating system are an honest appraisal of anyones artwork in most cases. Some viewers, I believe, do post their honest opinions, but they are few. Having no art training, I have a hard time posting comments that are an actual critique of anyones artwork. I either like what I see, often because of the shape and/or coloring and can say no more. I know what appeals to me, but I enjoy seeing the world through someone elses eyes, ie, fractals. We each have our own style and I do not think we should be influenced to change our style just because we do not recieve tons of favorable comments. Hope this makes sense. Marion