IMO, i would rather slit my throat with a dull Zubish infested dictionary than to use... ( insert artists work example here ).

It's a bit dam harsh saying that someone would rather slit their "fucking" throat than to use someone's wall. I'm also sure there are people here that would rather take a red hot poker in the poop-shoot than use a gothic cartoon woman as a wall, but they don't go around making a public statement like that. Perhaps someone is damn proud of their photograph of a dead leaf and enjoyed sharing it. sydneysiders made a fine example of a quality looking desktop using it. It IS art and if it wasn't worthy to be posted then the mods would not have approved it.

Now.. everyone get back to stduying the Zubish dictchenary uf spelling alternatives for the rich and not so famus.

Interesting read in the news today --"Creative types are full of themselves, study confirms" http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/07/21/7114042-creative-types-are-full-of-themselves-study-confirms

On perusal of the article, here are a few interesting quotes: "While the creative personality has many appealing traits -- being curious, broad-minded, and open to new experiences -- it has a few unappealing ones, like less modesty and more arrogance, ...

But scoring low on honesty-humility characteristics can actually be quite helpful to folks in creative fields. "You're going to have critics and detractors and people who discourage you from pursuing your creative vision,"...the farther people get in a creative field, the louder the criticism gets, so it takes some self-assurance to stick with it and take creative risks.

So the threads on work going to personal pages will continue, and the dead horse will continue to be beat--it's just the nature of "art" (sorry mods--your job is thankless and repetitive; I DO appreciate you, though).

There is a caveat in the article for those of us who upload here, though:

On the flip side, though, creative pursuits often require teachers and mentors to nurture your talents and connect you to people who can get your work out to the public. "So the truly arrogant will have a harder time cultivating the relationships and networks needed to get 'plugged in' to a creative community,"

Just an FYI--I stopped being concerned about what goes to my personal page when I was offered a mod position at a different site and had my eyes opened about just how petty crazy this dead horse is.  Having someone approve or disapprove of my picture is NOT the same thing as someone approving or disapproving of me as a person, and even if it did, am I not old enough to not NEED the approval of others to feel good about myself?

As one of the comments pointed out, such a conclusion based on the polling of 1300 college students really means nothing at all. I can poll 1300 cabbage patch dolls and make the conclusion that Zubaz can actually spell if I show them a printout of any of his replies and tell them to scream when they see a misspelled word.

Sorry Zubaz.. some things are just too darn fun to let go of. ( SILENCE SMEDLEY!!! )

I trust the mods and with an average of 8-10 years experience, obviously they didn't just "get off the bus". I honestly think they're unbiased and totally objective and they "call it the way they see it". Through the years, I've had plenty of stuff kicked back myself and I suppose my options were (a.) keep the work for my own personal use (b.) get to work, fix what needs fixing and resubmit until it's accepted or (c.) go to the forum and question, compare, bitch or complain about it. I've always opted for (b.)...(c.) accomplishes nothing in my opinion (well, except stir shit up) and it just ain't my style BUT to each his (or her) own. 

The leaf is not my wall...the blind is. 

They had to do a study on that?????????????????????

Imbeciles....

Talk about the bleeding obvious.

God, you don't have to look far....I'm a 'creative type'.....and I'm full of myself.....

YOU'RE 'fed up'?

Try going back four million, three hundred and twentyone thousand, two hundred and seventyseven memberships ago and consider how much I may be 'fed up'....

He invented Zubish. All inventors age really fast to get out of the way when it gets all blowed up.

It's also less than 2 cents in Australia ...

All in all though, if someone asks what was wrong with a piece so they can make it better or do one better next time, the mod responding doesn't need to be rude or insulting, I don't care how jaded they may have become.