::cackle::

I try and remain a bit positive when people are trying to get in the flow and let go. That said, I have always been the one sitting on the sidelines wondering how my stuff is so overlooked while others that seem less polished make the gains and get the praise -- yet, I remain upbeat about the process as that seems to be the point (in the end, imo).

There is a large amount of very difficult art to process in the world, this is a fact. I've come to think that the people making it (by enlarge) are somehow connected to a clique of sorts.

I studied oil painting at university and what I was always told was it's the dealers and curators that make the stars, that actual ability and talent can have little to do with it -- it sure looks that way to me sometimes.