You're right, it isn't. You might look at it from the standpoint of a vocal 'artist' who looks for applause when she stops singing. Approval can be intoxicating.
Jack --- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cotty wrote: > > >On 27/09/07, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >>Just because you aren't competing with another person, doesn't > >>mean you aren't competing, it just means that the rules of the > >>competition are such that you are competing against a standard. > > > >Question: how subjective is this standard? > > Same as all competitions: Very. > > Personally, I quite like the Pentax Gallery kind of contest because, > unlike other contests, I get to aim repeatedly at the same target > (acceptance into the Gallery, in this case). I may not agree with > their > choices, but teaching myself (or trying to teach myself!) to achieve > what they're after makes me push myself as a photographer. > > I find that creating works that please someone else is a lot more > demanding, tiring, frustrating and annoying than creating things that > > please just myself. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
