-- Posted by superjoebob at 8:18 pm on Dec. 5, 2008    Lets say an artist spent hour upon hour, day after day after week after week, months upon months working on something. The artist feels what they are doing is good, and that people will like it when they're done. Now lets say, after about 9 months of working on this project, they complete it and put it in a gallery, put pictures of it on a website, etc. etc. After 2 months of tireless advertising and displaying of their work, absolutely no one has taken interest in it. Even the people who were generous enough to grant the artists work an audience wouldn't say anything about it. After 1 year of tireless work, the artist has gotten no positive feedback, no negative feed back, no anything. The Artist wants to continue their work, but with no critisism in which to base improvements on, the Artist feels like they will only produce another piece in which no interest is taken, and thus the Artist decides to stop.    Now, Im not the best with words so if that was a bit confusing I apologize. But, if you were confronted with this Artist, what would you tell them? -- Posted by Khadgar at 8:22 pm on Dec. 5, 2008 I would ask the Artist if they were actively seeking feedback, or just waiting for it. Sometimes you must seek out criticism. If the Artist was actively seeking out feedback and none was provided, I would guess that it might just be too different from what those observing were used to to give a valid comparison. I can't really say for sure, though. What kind of feedback would the artist really be looking for? Verbal praise/criticism such as "I like the colors!" or "It's too blurry", or feedback of a more monetary sense?