Re: my last week has been absolute fucking shite.
From Dead Kitten <ic9...@sneakemail.com>
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· 15 Apr 2009 00:04 · View full thread
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Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > It's like when most people try to draw things. They have an image in > their head of what they want to draw, but the drawing that actually ends > up on the paper doesn't come anywhere close to the ideal in their head, > so they get disappointed and say "This picture sucks! I suck at > drawing!" and then they throw it away and refuse to try again. > > The ones who keep drawing are: > > 1. those who just don't care what the result looks like > 2. those who practice, practice, practice when they are alone > until they reach the point where the image on the paper > looks like the ideal > 3. those who realize that other people haven't seen the ideal > and have only ever seen the picture on the paper, and thus > judge the image in a very different way than the artist! > > I belong in the third category, and I think I must have been about eight > years old when I figured it out (and made a concious effort to look at > my own creations as if I hadn't seen the ideal image and only what is > actually *there*). > > This is also one of the things I like about ascii art. Because it's so > difficult to even get things to look like something, a proof of quality > is when other people can see *what* it is you meant to draw. Making the > picture pretty is something you *might* do, some time in the future. Or > Not. In your case: Not. Your ASCII art sucks dog ass and it always will. Trying to tell yourself otherwise is a lie.
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