25 – Quotes || NWars Physics 4

No rant for this comic.

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HMM. Galupd before rant. That’ll force ppl to look at my crappy works. W00t! Ha, this makes for a good rant Topic. It’s called the ‘Artistic Self-Depreciation Syndrome’ (ArSe DeSy??? LMAO)

Well, let’s go over this first: If you are always positive about something, say, getting a high score on that big ass test you took last week, and you get a bad score, you feel bad. “Oh, damn, I expected so much more, and I didn’t get it! Waaaa…”. Now, if you EXPECTED to do bad, then your expectations were met.

So, then, if you got a good score, and you had high expectations, then you met your expectations in this case. But, if you were aiming lower, you’d be like, “OMG, I did SO MUCH BETTER THAN I THOUGH!!! WAI!!!”. Well, ecstasy (No, not the drug). So what I’m getting at is that there is a higher satisfaction rate by aiming lower.

You know, the same thing applies to art. A lot of people think it’s a really bad thing to depreciate (Dammit, is this even the right word?) your own work, but there is mentality behind it. Basically, it’s like bracing yourself for whatever criticism you might receive about that work.

If you tried really hard on it, and thought, “OMG, this is so good, let’s show it off”, and you were met by, “Damn, that sucks”, well, that wouldn’t be too great. On the OTHER hand, had you worked really hard on it, then looked back and said, “Hmm, it still sucks”, and you were met by that same, “Yeah, it does suck”, you wouldn’t feel that bad.

Or that’s the mentality behind it. And this mentality usually is looked down upon as having low self-esteem, or no self-confidence, but you know, it’s this natural thing we do to help ourselves against the weight of truth.

Oh yeah, I hate overly optimistic people.