seeing-the-dark

So here's a question for the bored amongst you: what personal issues do you have that influence your DA behaviors to the opposite end of what they'd otherwise be? I ask this -- and rather disingenuously so, as my motivations for asking it are not to seek your answers, but rather to share with you mine -- is because I've found, after wandering about the place for a while now, I've discovered one over-riding peeve that rears its ugly head time and time again, stalling my finger at the "favorite" button when I would otherwise favorite a piece so fast it would knock my keyboard ajar. And what, you might ask, is this peeve of all peeves? Hey, gla

So here are some things I've been wondering about. If you do any of these things, I'm genuinely curious as to why. Can you give me a little insight into your thinking? 1) If you put your deviations in storage rather than deleting them ... why? What prompts you to decide which deviations to store, and why do you store them rather than delete them? 2) If you list the number of hours you spent on a piece ... why? Is longer better? Or is shorter more of an accomplishment? Is it just a process note to aid your own memory of such things? 3) If you make a point to note that your photos are in no way post-processes or edited ... why? Is the final

Because I've been off the radar for awhile, thought I'd come back bearing gifts of wonderfully fantabulous art I've found in my wandering of other people's galleries. For me, this place is like one enormous playground of exceptional imagery, so here are a few of the things that have caught my eye over the last few months or so. Because the world is chaotic enough without me promoting more randomosity, I'll stick to photography for this entry ... will save the paintings and drawings for another time. Now if I have done this properly (and I'm a tech dimwit, so I may not have), if you click on the thumbnail, it should take you to the actual dev