Some of the things i am about to mention may be old issues, but i only now felt the need to comment about them:

1. Maturity Notices/Censoring Art:
- DA is supposed to be a place of art.
- Yes there are a lot of freaks who put some nasty and unnecessary shit on DA that is not art, and they know it, because they do it to be funny or it helps them show off and not cause they made it as an artist.
- Art in itself must not be restricted or labeled with a NO GO sign. Art is supposed to both offend and inspire (an many more in truth) What one perceives as "ewe nasty!!" someone else may perceive as "what a modern way of depicting the youth's perception of sex and pornography in the present".
- Its not difficult to see if an artist is the type which creates that which you may not like. Just don't view his/her/it's creation next time.
- If you kid REALLY is an artist then even at a young age they should not have their experience of art censored and in actual fact they will not want to be censored!!
- And always remember that some forms of art will be seen as depravity by those who don't value that "genre". EXAMPLE: Nude photography has been around for a while, i remember my fathers old photography magazines had a section dealing with nudes and how the lighting must be done etc etc . . much like online tutorials i would guess. Anyway, for my father and the other people who would buy the magazine those pictures of naked woman/men weren't pornographic or slutty or gay. They looked at them and went "oooh look at the shadow effect there" or "the body pose does bring out the muscles on the back" etc etc. BUT take that mag to the next door neighbor who does only landscape water paintings and she will probably call the police or bitch slap you.


2. Comments:
- Let people either comment specifically what they think of your art and use that to either change or improve your methods and/or motivations/inspirations.
- If your art causes a discussion which is not directly about the piece itself but rather inspired by it then i think your efforts and work were successful and you added to society.

3. Pageviews:
- Let that be a means for an artist who is not sure of himself/herself/itself to motivate the works of art produced.
- If you get a lot of page views then you feel good that people like you and then you do more and more and play with how you do things. Or you get Nirvana-syndrome and want to stop what your doing. Your choice i guess.
- If you get only a few and deem that a reason to quit then you are not a person who wishes to create a representation of something you perceive, you then are not a artist and should in all probability find what you are good at someplace else. OR you feel this is your penance for your art which means your perfect for the job but may just have to perfect your art.

Well, SpyBot Search and Destroy has finally downloaded and i feel satisfied that i to now have given my 2 cents worth. Approve of it or not, either way its just my opinion, my perception, my interpretation of the reality i am part of and i don't think it should be censored.