Are you saying there's nothing new under the sun? That's true everything has been done before but not the way each of us does it - by and large. I saw the nudes discussion and I don't agree with what I think you and others were saying. Sure 'artistic' nudes in dereliction and wilderness have been done ad nauseam until suddenly you see a great one. Nudes (for example not that I'm fixated in any way, not me) in the studio - hell they've been done to death until you see Michael's levitating models which personally I find wonderfully well executed and composed etc.
I agree naming names is silly and pointless, you do what you do and if pressed indicate the shoulders you try to stand on. But that's surely no reason not to do it. Surest way not to succeed is to not try.
"Are you saying there's nothing new under the sun?"
Indeed, and doing it totally for yourself is fine.
The problem arises when you decide to put it 'out there' and seek 'critique' (another of those dreadful concepts I hate) and end up having either to accept you ain't done much or, worse, feel obliged to defend your unremarkable children. That's the main driver for having set up
Without Prejudice: it gives one a tiny window box and no expectation of others offering unwanted advice. If one wants that advice, the rest of the space provides for it, as you know.
However, that different people hold different views is normal, and nothing wrong with that. I simply have mine, and as a life-long pro, perhaps draw upon a deeper well.
Rob
