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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 246428" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>We will all be subject to misinterpretation at some point, [USER=13578]@wud[/USER], it's part of putting yourself out there in your art. From painters to poets to photographers to songwriters (couldn't come up with a 'P' word for that one), you invest a bit of your soul in everything you set free to the public, and it hurts a bit when it's rejected, misinterpreted or otherwise twisted - unless, of course the purpose of the piece was to provoke that kind of reaction, which was obviously not your intent. At least you've had the opportunity to address it and put any speculation to bed - not every artist gets that opportunity. </p><p></p><p>As I said before, we as viewers all project bits of ourselves into the art we view, and I suspect Bob's knowledge of his wife's past plays a part in the way views subject matter like this, consciously or subconsciously - as it should. The question we as "artists" need to answer, for ourselves, is just how much we let the potential reactions of others dictate where we go with our own work? It's OK to be sensitive to others, but this is art and you'll never get the world to agree on something even when it has nothing to say at all, in which case someone will argue that it should. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>No worries. Keep shooting. I love your work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 246428, member: 9240"] We will all be subject to misinterpretation at some point, [USER=13578]@wud[/USER], it's part of putting yourself out there in your art. From painters to poets to photographers to songwriters (couldn't come up with a 'P' word for that one), you invest a bit of your soul in everything you set free to the public, and it hurts a bit when it's rejected, misinterpreted or otherwise twisted - unless, of course the purpose of the piece was to provoke that kind of reaction, which was obviously not your intent. At least you've had the opportunity to address it and put any speculation to bed - not every artist gets that opportunity. As I said before, we as viewers all project bits of ourselves into the art we view, and I suspect Bob's knowledge of his wife's past plays a part in the way views subject matter like this, consciously or subconsciously - as it should. The question we as "artists" need to answer, for ourselves, is just how much we let the potential reactions of others dictate where we go with our own work? It's OK to be sensitive to others, but this is art and you'll never get the world to agree on something even when it has nothing to say at all, in which case someone will argue that it should. ;) No worries. Keep shooting. I love your work. [/QUOTE]
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