You know i always find it amazing how hard it is to share yourself with other people, or put yourself out there to be critisized and judged. we care so much what the rest of the world thinks and says, but in the end does it really matter what they think?? I find myself nervous at what might be said about any work that i would add to the site and yet accept and incourage any critisism. the thought that what is said could improve my work, encourage me or show me what things i should leave behind due to lack of, not experience but talent is sort of exilarating. and yet i can't help but feel sort of mistified that people i don't know can have that much control over me. it's mind bogoling. how can i hold the opinion of the world so highly that i would or could let them influence my art like that. where does this need for acceptance and approval come from? is there some kind of code found in our genetics that says we must be accepted or have we just been programed by society to feel this way? and regardless of which one it is is there anyway for us to combat these feelings and win our freedom from them? or are we supposed to feel like this to help us grow and learn? is it natural for us to feel these things? from the views of society i would have to say yes and yet i don't want to feel this way. i want to share my art without feering what the world will say about me. is this wrong? should i feel nervous about sharing?