I posted this in a thread at an art-related forum (doesn’t matter which one, so I won’t post a link). It was one of those threads that keep popping up regularly (you’ll work out the context from my comments). I’ve edited slightly for context and clarity. I just liked it well enough to post it here.
80% of EVERYthing is crap, and there’s no use complaining about it or lamenting it.
Just accept it and look for the stuff that’s NOT crap.
I get so damned tired of this argument. Someone strolls in, bitches about how 80% of everything is crap, and a bunch of people jump up to defend their work in various ways (“I don’t care if it’s crap”, “It’s the best I can manage, even if it is crap”, “One man’s crap is another man’s chocolate sundae,” “Who are you to decide what’s crap and what isn’t”, and on and on), and it just turns into a big old argument.
I got tired of this argument ages ago, about the time when I figured out that no matter what, 80% of everything is always going to be crap. You can’t get rid of the crap, so you may as well ignore it, learn from it, or use it as a springboard to something else, IMHO.
That pretty much sums it up, I think….
