Phidias

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I was often surprised at what people liked when I shared my terrible writing in some other places. I don't hate anything I write for a while after I've written. I usually like to sit on a piece for several days at least before I post it anywhere. I go through some waves similar to what you described.

Nevertheless, your first line describes my trouble with so much.
"Sometimes, it's hard to tell what's good."
Artistically, I have trouble with this because I cannot objectively define good art. And I'm not sure that I should be able to. But this is where I begin to have trouble with all art, and where my name comes from. The fact that art is subjective, and may seem good to some and not good to others, makes it futile. To me, art is a blueprint to a useless machine. Fun and entertaining sometimes, but having no utility.
When it becomes easy to tell what is good, please let me know.


Useless Machine

Ha, what bothers you about art is what I love about it. Humans are so variable, and their art and their likes are so varied, that's what makes life so interesting.

I passed by both Mondrian and Pollack too many times to count, but with each at some point I had an experience that opened their art to me. Plenty saw it before me and some never will, and so what? Your favorite writer or musician might not be mine

Human opinion is built on so many things. Make art if you enjoy making art, experience the art you enjoy, and in my view, don't worry about it.