Of course - there's definitely good and bad and inbetween. For
   me, it's not a field I ever felt qualified to judge. Here's what
   moves me with art: You made that. I know you made that because
   you told me. Because you made that and we're friends, I'm
   emotionally invested in giving it a thorough look at and
   appreciation for your talent and creativity. If somebody else
   made that that I did not know, I don't know how I would judge
   it. In fact, I don't know if I _could_ judge it. Music I could
   probably judge. Writing I could probably judge. But art is
   something I don't do well at judging. When I ran a Minecraft
   server (which was a creative server) for 2 years, thousands and
   thousands of kids, teens and adults built creations on there out
   of virtual materials. They had free access to anything
   non-destructive to build with. And so they would spend hours and
   days, weeks and months on these creations. Massive buildings.
   Pixel art, whatever they chose. No restrictions outside of the
   technical restrictions of the medium. Sometimes they'd ask me to
   judge in a contest. I'd always refuse. I couldn't do it. Not for
   ethical reasons. Not because it wouldn't be fair. It's because I
   don't know how much heart someone put into something. I don't
   know how much thought or effort it took. I don't know how much
   they care. Those are the metrics that I go with. It's not really
   a choice; it's just how I see things. == Indeed. Of course
   societies always pop up with their own rules and guidelines for
   what's good and bad and people trust and follow their opinions
   and judgements on things. There's a place for all of that I
   think smile emoticon