[pure-silver] Re: Self Critiism (WAS Is anyone out there???)
- From: "Tim Rudman" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:14:33 +0100
"Just because I have a stack of prints does not mean that any
of them are any good."
Whoa there Speedy. Why should they not be good?! Don't ever be ashamed of
liking your own work or rating it highly. This brings excitement and a boost
to productivity and personal growth.
Being your own worst critic can be a very good thing and something not
everyone seems capable of.
If it is TOO strong a self criticism it can be destructive but mostly IME it
is a quality (word chosen deliberately as I think of it as a positive
attribute) that often is under-developed.
As you grow you will look back on these works and your opinion of some will
change and of others will be validated. You will learn from both in my
experience.
Your post didn't sound conceited to me J
Tim
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[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Speedy
Sent: 12 May 2009 15:46
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Self Critiism (WAS Is anyone out there???)
The problem with the written word vs the spoken word is the lack of voice
inflection, etc.
I NEVER want to appear arrogant or conceited. This was a serious question
and not meant
to be bragging in any way. Just because I have a stack of prints does not
mean that any
of them are any good. Just because I like something doesn't mean that any
of them are
any good. It's just that after having put some distance between myself and
making the
photo I find that it is easier to be more objective.
I am interested in learning how other people view their own work. It was a
serious question
with a hopefully humorous preface...
Maybe I should try the Scotch!
Thanks!
Speedy
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From: dlp4777@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Self Critiism (WAS Is anyone out there???)
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 07:33:28 -0700
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On May 12, 2009, at 06:50, Speedy wrote:
How do you overcome being "your own worst critic?"
Speed
The first impulse to your question is to make a joke of it or not take it
seriously because of the way you ask it. It sounds like you are bragging
about how much work you have in your boxes and people wanting to buy it and
you just want us to tell you how to accept that you are greater than you
sometimes think you are. My initial answer was going to be that you should
drink more scotch when you are looking, and don't look at your work when you
have a hangover.
But if your question is not about liking your great work more than you
already do, and instead it is about how to judge your own work in the long
term. I think the thing to do, and it is what I do, is to go through your
work a lot and put it up in your space so you can look at it and get
impressions from it over a period of time. And especially put questionable
work up in mats and frames and see if the questions resolve themselves.
I currently have matted on my counter a photograph I took some 20 years ago
that is good in many ways but I have never been able to settle with it
completely. I recently encountered it again in a very nice platinum print
and now after all this time I am having unreserved affection for it. Often
what happens is I pull out an image that I didn't quite like a number of
years ago when it was new and I find I like it quite a lot now. Then I put
it up on display and after a few days I find I still have the original
problems with liking it. So I put it back in the box again.
My own problem is that I like my new work way more than I probably should.
After looking at it and thinking it is pretty good, I put it up on display
and after awhile I discover that it is weaker than I thought. Time to try
again.
Dennis
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