I remember the first time I went as a YA to the Qld Musuem of art's exhibition of Old Masters from the eighteenth century. Works by people I'd heard of. I was a little dissapointed at some of them. They were painted in such broad colors and huge strokes. Not at all what I expected. Mind you, I've since learn to take the space one needs to view a painting properly but really it is all in the eye of the beholder. Art is, to me, a very personal thing and one's appreciation of a piece can be altered by one's state of mind at the time. The same with music. I don't think there is any right or wrong unless you are a scholar and then of course there must be right and wrong and technique. :D

The icons I made for that round are about my faves I've ever deliberately made. I wanted to win with them and was a little dissapointed not to have though it was the most beautiful round and yes I agree the entries are so of a piece it does look like they were made to be together. :D You've now made me go make some for the current round. I rather like them too. :D

I quite like talking about the process. I really am talking to myself mostly, reminding me how I did it, vocalising what I was going for. I know that art is supposed to be left to the viewer to interpret but as a viewer I've always wondered what the hell the artist was trying to get at. Sometimes, I've not liked what the artist thinks of a piece of his work so it does backfire because I think something else entirely. I love when someone sees something in one of my works that I put there and no-one has seen it.

So really go for it. I often wonder how folk pick the cap, what quality they are trying to capture, why they used a certain effect. :D