RE: No te mereces los votos, tu contenido es muy corto en HIVE [ESP-ENG] You don't deserve the votes, your content is too short in HIVE.

[iodacasamia]

I totally agree with every paragraph of this post. It is touching to see how still someone recognizes, among other things, how the time spent creating an artistic product or the patience to take a studied and "thought out" photo has a difficult-to-convert introspection background into words. An art product speaks for itself. In the sphere of emotions and perceptions there are no rules that can be adapted to everyone.

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[ryzeonline]

Are you sure you understand @danielvehe 's point in this post? His point is that leaving an 'art product' to speak for itself is probably not the wisest move. Daniel's post here encourages people to speak for their art.

Most have reached a consensus on publications that make an impact and take care of the details, such as a catchy title, a thumbnail that stands out and with good visual composition, in addition to a good layout and a considerable text length.

Every work has a speech for sale. Few artists practice it. They just show the art and let everyone judge what they want. However, we can observe that some sell more than others thanks to their speech. HIVE offers an incredible space to sell, not only the art but also the artist's personal brand. This is very important, because many may buy, not for the artwork but for the artist. Even collectors can identify with the values of one artist more than another and decide to make a purchase based on that affinity.

It's as if you were a truck driver who borrowed a Ferrari and drove it at the same speed as the truck, because you are a "truck driver".

Quality is decided by the market.

Daniel makes allowances for every creator and artist's freedom to post as they wish, but he emphasizes that this is unwise if you're aiming for votes/earnings.

It's your blog and you post what you want. You shouldn't care what others say. However it's an attitude that doesn't generate income if that's what you're looking for.

I agree this post is fantastic, but is it possible you may benefit from re-reading it? :) 🙏

[danielvehe]

Thanks @ryzeonline , I see you got the message. It's very common for artists to let everyone guess their intentions in the work, or just feel what they want; however sales doesn't work that way and that's where it's best to persuade, otherwise you could spend a lot more time selling.

Maybe it's because the little I studied art, I did it in a graphic design institute, which leaves nothing to subjectivity.

[ryzeonline]

Thanks Daniel, I did indeed get the message, and I applaud it. You and I think alike on this. I used to be the artist who let's everyone guess intentions, until I learned that persuasion (and sales) is a life-changing skill, similar to walking or talking, worth learning for all. I'm glad your graphic design institute left nothing to subjectivity, a valuable lesson, imho. :) 🙏

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Gracias Daniel, efectivamente entendí el mensaje, y lo aplaudo. Tú y yo pensamos igual en esto. Yo solía ser el artista que deja que todos adivinen las intenciones, hasta que aprendí que la persuasión (y las ventas) es una habilidad que cambia la vida, similar a caminar o hablar, que vale la pena aprender para todos. Me alegro de que tu instituto de diseño gráfico no dejara nada a la subjetividad, una valiosa lección, imho. :) 🙏

[iodacasamia]

Hi,
unfortunately, the answer I was writing with the @ecency interface crashed when I inserted a link.
Probably it's useless to rewrite everything so I'll be quick here.
I read again the nice post of @danielvehe and I reiterate that I agree with the concepts expressed by him. Great post.
I reiterate that I was glad that the introspection of the artists/creators of artistic content was mentioned because often this "personal sphere" is not taken into consideration when looking at a work of art.

That said, still the association of "selling" remains.
It is correct and legitimate that an artist "fights" for his own reasons and explains as best he can what he has produced. This happens when it becomes a necessity (to make the public understand) because art is fundamentally unrelated to the concept of "selling".

But Hive is probably the best place to add a story and a description to your artwork. So it's okay to take advantage of the blog platform, in that sense.

Metin Arditi:
No one is obligated to love everything. When a plastic artist does his work trying to be a reflection of humanity and to evoke an emotion, I can follow him. If he turns into a sociologist, I'm absolutely not interested because, in general, he doesn't have the skills.

One should not mix genres and above all the artistic act and its sharing should be free from any knowledge, of any knowledge. When you look at Picasso's "Guernica," you don't need to know cubism to be impressed.

Metin_Arditi - Wikipedia

So, "Quality is decided by the market" is correct and I agree with that, but remember that market is related to "sell something", not strictly related to the need of an artist to produce something from introspective sphere.
Art is not strictly related to "income".

Again @danielvehe great post. 🙏

[ryzeonline]

Good job recovering from the ecency crash and thanks for taking the time to reply.

I appreciate your reiterations, and am glad you seem to understand @danielvehe 's point about selling, votes, and Hive.

art is fundamentally unrelated to the concept of "selling".

The following facts are difficult to argue with:

Art is expression. And (unless one is a hermit), expression is communication. And communication is the transmission of data/ideas. Transmissions are either accepted by the receivers ('bought' & 'sold'), or are rejected by the receivers (no buy-in, no sale.)

I can only make the concept so clear here in the comments, but if you'd like to read more on how all expression towards others becomes 'selling,' b I wrote a giant guide to communication here that received 133 comments that may benefit you if you care about art & communication: Why No One Reads What You Write: A Masterclass In Communication.

But you're welcome to hold a different perspective. :)

And it's a perspective I understand, because for years I was an 'art purist' who believed 'selling' had nothing to do with art too, so I encourage whatever view you have on the matter.

Either way, I wish you much success with your expression, communication, and the art you make (that is unrelated to income/selling.) Thanks again for writing and the interesting discussion, wishing you a great day! 🙏