The article proved to be very informative and true. As college students our work is constantly being criticized by both our professors and our peers. Sometime the criticism we receive is constructive and other times it is hurtful and biased. Personally good constructive criticism is hard to come by and requires a person to have what they want critiqued finished ahead of time. On a college campus it is hard to complete and assignment on time and thus causes most students to not even consider having someone review and critique there work prior to turning it in. Even if by some miracle a student is able to finish a particular assignment early, good constructive criticism is hard to come by since most people don’t know what it is.
This article is very accurate when stating that most people are unable to provide unbiased criticism. When a person watches a movie or even views a collection of art they perceive there likes and dislikes to be the same as those who will also be viewing what they are viewing. Only a select few are able to detach themselves from their personal likes and dislikes in order to view a piece of artwork and critique it based on how well the creators point comes across. If a critic is unable to understand the creators idea then they are unable to say how well their work illustrates there main idea.
In the end it comes down to being able to avoid the “Assumptions that bad critics make.” The author of this particular piece does a great job of signifying just what a good or bad critic is and what a person has to do in order to provide constructive criticism. Personally this piece has shown me just how important it is to first understand the motive behind a piece of artwork before I attempt to critique how well they incorporated that idea in there work.
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