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A few days ago an artist asked me for feedback on his most recent work. I took the time to sit down, review the work and tell him what he could improve on. Apparently he didn't like it, because he blocked me. The problem with fake and toxic positivity in our space is that most of the times valid and constructive criticism is perceived as bullying. Don't get me wrong, there's a big difference between critiquing with cause and being a dick for free; most senior artists were actually 'hazed' or bullied to some extent early on. But, if we don't skim the great from the good and the good from the bad we will have to deal with a system where sincerity is frowned upon, mediocrity is cherished and simply showing up will be enough to "make it" - and quite frankly, I don't think life works like that. A lot of the self improvement I've made came from other artists "bullying" me and telling me my art was straight up dogshit. Nowadays people would tweet and say "oh that's rude", but I think that ignites a fire inside you, lets you know you are not good enough at the moment and that if you want to improve, you simply need to put in the work. There's nothing wrong with being bad at something, what happened to the learning curve? Should've I just told him "Amazing work"? We all start somewhere. Lying to ourselves is the most dangerous thing we can do. Striving for greatness should be it.