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Originally Posted by jobee
I get criticised- but after going on a poetry course i decided to just doodle rather than plan-i guess i'm just a naive doodler.
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If criticism is constructive then in can be of much benefit - albeit sometimes in the longterm - however, destructive criticism does no one any real benefit.
I have avoided poetry courses and indeed courses in art. The first time I painted in oils I was not interested in painting boring little boxes etc, I wanted to paint a picture. My first picture, a rose bud in a vase, reflected my interpretation of how I saw nature with it's depth and ranges of colour. Once I started to paint I continued in my own style, I guess, rather like a piano player who has never had piano lessons. - My Dad was a self taught musician from Liverpool. - I made that same application to writing rhymes, though, I can get bored if the style/theme is a case of tap, tap, tap repetition. So it will range from a portrait of a person, to a tale of something that happens in everyday life, to things designed to make you think. Much depending on my thoughts/emotions at the time and sometimes it is an outlet for things that are bothering me.
It is healthy and constructive to pass comments regarding the work of another. Constructive criticism hopefully upbuilds and gives food for thought.