"Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] aolcom> wrote in message
news:3ea59cd0@news.povray.org...| Renderdog wrote:

| Jim Charter:
|  I think there is a real possibility of this though it will be
|  interesting to shift one's critical stance for different topics.
|  At the  moment I have no idea how I will approach
|  "architecture".

If I finish my entry, I will once again try to leave a comment on every
picture when voting. This time, however, I will not make an attempt to
sum up every aspect of the picture in my comment. I will only say
whatever I feel is important, or failing that, most important, and then
move on.

| Jim Charter:
|  I think I have pooped out finally,

It was a good run, Jim.

| Jim Charter:
|  One of the things that worries me is that the attention could
|  have a chilling  effect on entries. That novices might fear
|  exposing their work to an  overly critical environment. That
|  is why I personally took the approach of being as positive as
|  possible while at the same time hinting at the different artistic
|  and interpretive issues as they come up.

I think that negative comments on someone's hard work are accepted
graciously as long as they are not dismissive. If I finish my entry, I
will look forward to seeing people's honest reactions whether positive
or not.


| Jim Charter:
|  I just listened to some tapes by John Bradshaw, "The Price
|  of Nice"

The tapes I would like to hear are "The Price of the Damn Internet." It
is very difficult to communicate anything clearly on the Internet,
because about two thirds of what is written seems to be an attempt by
the author to not be misunderstood. There is a ritual we must all go
through when speaking about our own pictures to avoid sounding arrogant,
because almost anything written appears that way. Knowing consciously
that you are performing this ritual does not help, because to choose not
to do so would be to knowingly dissuade others from accepting the
information you are trying to share (the important 1/3).

If I were to meet any IRTC entrant in person, I could likely go on for
hours about his entry, but it is hard to even begin when I don't even
know if the person is a child or not. And it is just as difficult to be
clearly positive as it is to be clearly negative. A simple compliment
that would be appropriate when delivered in person, can appear fantastic
when written. There was a discussion about this only a few rounds ago.
People become afraid to post anything at all for the fear that it will
be misinterpreted.

 -Shay

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