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it is not wise to respond to them in print, as all know, but it is normal to ENJOY your critics? or have i entered into some sort of bizarre intellectual s&m nether region?

― jess, Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

by critics, of course, i mean anyone who has a word (good or bad) about what you "do." it need not be "artistic."

(intellectual s&m nether region probably = creepy. sorry fritz.)

― jess, Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

it's someone akin to getting involved in a flame war, i suppose. but more, like, high-minded.

― jess, Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

In an artistic sense it's probably better to get any criticism, rather than absolutely none. Criticism of indviduals, I'm not so sure about. It all depends on how sensitive someone is.

― jel --, Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Creating something, you are bound to find people who (mis)understand you and/or your product. Do you look for the confirmation or the disapproval? It says more about you, girl. Jess, I might not be on the same level (above or below you; you take your pick) but I like your writing. Does that mean what you write is good/bad? You decide. I think the majority of writers (or artists) look for a reaction - normally a positive one. You're an egotripper. Maybe this is why I am such a procastinator. I veer to the M side in the S&M fairground.

― cuba libre (nathalie), Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Correction: procrastinate.

― cuba libre (nathalie), Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Correction - boy!

― Andrew L, Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

everyone seems to think i'm a girl today.

anyway, yeah, i'm an egotripper. the irony is that i have an eggshell fragile ego, so i suppose i'm using even the negative crit as a bullwark against "giving up." which is a positive i suppose, but part of me would just like to be above it completely. my life - at this moment - is fairly open to criticism from people i know, so perhaps i'm becoming hardened to it in an un-positive way.

cubalibre your post is cryptic yet revealing. curious.

― jess, Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i think one of the problems with the "freaky trigger" community - maybe not anymore since everyone seems to be blogging less - was that my first few ft pieces and my own blog were the first (music) writing i had done in a few years... the level of support from everyone (including people i had previously been a fan of) made it xtra shocking when the negative crit (even troll-like) came up: it made me realize how much i did want a positive response.

ANYWAY, i don't want this to get sidetracked into a discussion of just me or some meta-ilx thing. so discuss your own experiences with critics, either in a "work" setting or not.

― jess, Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Of course he's a boy. One would be a DOOFUS (doofa?) to think Jess is a girl. wink wink. I did use italics, no? ANYWAY of course you have a fragile personality, why else would you write? One of the reasons you send your thoughts out there, is because you look for confirmation, no?

― cuba libre (nathalie), Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

criticism makes me happy because it's like, "hey, look, they're paying attention to me!" seems perfectly normal.

― Maria, Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Taking 'perverse' pleasure in having critics/enemies is probably more about basking in one's own sense of bravery and confidence (esp. if it feels like a rare thing) than it is about wanting to be abused. That is unless you're weird.

― Kim, Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

That is unless you're weird.

and with one sentence, we nail my basic problem.

― jess, Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

That last bit wasn't really meant though.

― Kim, Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I mean, weird is just a different word for special, and feeling special is nothing but the ultimate crutch innit?

― Kim, Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

anyway Jess mentioned in his post that he was an S&M so i don't see why there would be any confusion as to his identity

― charles, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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