huh?
I'm very self critical, always have been. It's why I am so damned good.
Thumbnail just doesn't read the art thread. Or hasn't heard me discussing how SITC(and my own voice) puts me to sleep. Or talk about how awful my original stand up submission was. Or the babillion other things I am critical of about myself. Or heard me yap about how I believe a day without mistakes is a wasted day, as you didn't learn anything. How on earth is that bitter?
What I would like to know is, why does everyone get their panties in a wad when I say I don't like fat jokes? What is it that happened to you as a child that has caused you to seek out and try and destroy criticism? Is it me, is it the subject of the jokes, or the actual act of criticism that makes you uncomfortable enough to reach for a coping mechanism?
See, I love criticism, I don't see how you people better yourselves without it. I'm usually too close to my own work, for instance, to be able to appropriately judge it's value. In my comic work, I actually went out of my way to hire a guy whose sole job is to look at my work and tell me what he doesn't like about it, and he doesn't book end it with humor like I do. Maybe I'm not normal, though, maybe everyone
but me is capable of removing themselves enough to have a reality based view of everything they create?
Oh wait, I've seen people's art, I've heard the majority of stand up submissions, I've heard listener podcasts, I've seen how you people dress, how you eat, how you behave. The world
would be a better place if we all were a little more honest with our criticisms, if we were a little more open to receiving them, if we were a little less reactionary and didn't ignorantly throw around accusatory words like bitter when we see it happen.
My advice to you people who have trouble living in the real world is, try it on for size. It's a little uncomfortable at first, but it's an acquired taste, like coffee, that's hard to give up once you've experienced it. Nevermind the fact that it's healthy, it improves all of us. Do humanity a favor and participate.
from my last post in the art thread:
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Originally Posted by spooky
It's a tough page that I try to make simple, but I was unable to bridge all the gaps with the viewer/reader. The page should tell a story on it's own, without the aid of words, though the final version has words that clarify, but it's a fail without them.
Maybe one day later in my career, I will figure a better way to do it, but I'm still green. Feel free to offer suggestions.
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