I have only one thing to say and I hope everyone hears it loud and clear:

You are allowed to have your OWN DAMN OPINION of artists!

You are free to equally like OR DISLIKE ANYONE YOU WANT!

Just because I don't like an atrist because I think their work is crap (and I have good reason to, in MY OPINION), doesn't mean you have to flame me because you think their work is genius (because you have good reason to, in YOUR OPINION).

We all have our likes and dislikes. GET OVER IT. You blasting me for not liking an artist certainly isn't going to change my opinion.

(This comes from the fact that I didn't like an artist's talk at a conference because in my opinion their slideshow of work had nothing to do with metalsmithing. And oh God, I'm so sorry I mistook the fur for being fake! I'm SO glad to have been corrected and shown that the artist kills animals for their non-metalsmith work. That REALLY changes my opinion.)

Ok, I'm done with my rant. That felt really good to get out...