I read your article with great interest because… well, what happened to you has happened to me too. When we stumble across a negative comment, of course it hurts. We dare to be vulnerable, to share our work, and then someone—hidden safely behind a screen—chooses to be unkind. These digital cowards forget there’s a real human being on the other side.
If we wander down memory lane, we’ll notice that many creative movements were also met with strong negative reactions. Is this part of our collective wiring? Perhaps. What we don’t understand, we often try to diminish. A generalisation? Maybe—but there’s truth in it.
What feels different today is the flavour of the hostility. It’s less about taste or thoughtful critique and more about pure malice. Someone has a bad day at the office, and the first thing they bump into becomes the outlet for all that pent-up frustration. Not because they have deep knowledge or appreciation of art, but because they’re carrying anger and looking for a place to unload it.
And so the pain gets passed on to an innocent “passer-by” (on line feed).
That's so insightful, I guess it's such an easy target, targeting someones art, as it's visual, and you can quicky say "That's a load of crap" faster than thought, and that anger/stress gets transmuted right way. Fascinating when you think about it without emotional attachment!
Ah, never thought of that, quite possibly. It might be beneficial in the long run, if we put all trolling down to bots! It's far easier to dismiss it as nonsense.
It's awful to see, how one bad comment can hurt us, in a way that a hundred kind comments can't lessen that hurt. Because of my German exam, I haven't had much time to paint. Now that I'm free a bit, I still haven't had time to fully get back to my artworks. I have a few days left, so I'd better hurry (I'll see my German exam results the coming Sunday, to see whether I've passed or not).
Thank you, well done for your amazing work learning German! It's such an achievement already. I look forward to seeing more art soon, the time will be right!
Although my German learning adventure isn't over yet, yes, it's really an achievement. I'll share my artworks soon. I've drawn a few ideas in this time, which you'll see as well.
I mean…. I hope you weren’t THAT hurt by it. His profile name is ‘loving my pickle” after all…
Ha no I wasn’t I sometimes feel a visceral pang in my stomach but it’s short lived.
If the troll wants to love his pickle, let him love his pickle, rt? Nobody else is gonna.
Now that's true :-D
I read your article with great interest because… well, what happened to you has happened to me too. When we stumble across a negative comment, of course it hurts. We dare to be vulnerable, to share our work, and then someone—hidden safely behind a screen—chooses to be unkind. These digital cowards forget there’s a real human being on the other side.
If we wander down memory lane, we’ll notice that many creative movements were also met with strong negative reactions. Is this part of our collective wiring? Perhaps. What we don’t understand, we often try to diminish. A generalisation? Maybe—but there’s truth in it.
What feels different today is the flavour of the hostility. It’s less about taste or thoughtful critique and more about pure malice. Someone has a bad day at the office, and the first thing they bump into becomes the outlet for all that pent-up frustration. Not because they have deep knowledge or appreciation of art, but because they’re carrying anger and looking for a place to unload it.
And so the pain gets passed on to an innocent “passer-by” (on line feed).
That's so insightful, I guess it's such an easy target, targeting someones art, as it's visual, and you can quicky say "That's a load of crap" faster than thought, and that anger/stress gets transmuted right way. Fascinating when you think about it without emotional attachment!
One guy said I was going for the “so bad, it’s good” but it’s not working hahah
I later jumped from a bridge and renounced all art upon my landing
What! noooo. I hope that's not true on both accounts. I hope you are still creating art!
Yes I am 🥲
Good, I'm glad.
Loving my pickle needs to learn how to write proper English. What does that even mean?
ha, I know right? It could even be a bot to be honest.
Ah, never thought of that, quite possibly. It might be beneficial in the long run, if we put all trolling down to bots! It's far easier to dismiss it as nonsense.
EXACTLY!
It's awful to see, how one bad comment can hurt us, in a way that a hundred kind comments can't lessen that hurt. Because of my German exam, I haven't had much time to paint. Now that I'm free a bit, I still haven't had time to fully get back to my artworks. I have a few days left, so I'd better hurry (I'll see my German exam results the coming Sunday, to see whether I've passed or not).
Thank you, well done for your amazing work learning German! It's such an achievement already. I look forward to seeing more art soon, the time will be right!
Although my German learning adventure isn't over yet, yes, it's really an achievement. I'll share my artworks soon. I've drawn a few ideas in this time, which you'll see as well.