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From: lennert@xs4all.nl (lennert)
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Subject: Talk: Is Ascii Art finished?
Date: 15 Dec 1994 13:26:19 -0600
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: >My idear is:
: >Whenever an ascii-art posted, give it a talk, say good or bad, say
: >your suggestion, and any comments. If you get any picture, just tell the
: >artistic what you are going to do with his art work (if possible) and say
: >thank you.....
: >What I mean is too silent when a art work posted. If you through
: >a stone into a lake and you could not find any sand, nor any wave, you
: >must escape back home.

Heh if you want response to your work my advise is: don't do ascii-art.
I get roughly .1 reply per post, my most favourite post was the release
of a big isometric font - 3 replies to be exact. But this is the case
with most free creations on the net. I'm also not sure if forced responds
("Great! Eh..eh.... great!") only to keep the artists happy will light
anybodies fire. I'd be much happier if someone paid my phonebill ;)
Anyway, the point is that you should just like the creating process,
otherwise non-response, the passing nature of ascii-art, mutators, thieves,
and the like will drive you (more) crazy.


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