Cheers to the freaken weekend baby! Today I wanted to talk about reviews. They seem difficult to get for me, even from people I know. Receiving a bad review hurt me at first, but then I paused and re-read it slowly and as I did, I began to see it in a different light. There, contained within this review, was something very valuable that you won't receive from family or friends. To me the negative was all opinion and that is fine but it is only relevant to that one reader. This is because art is subjective. But even though that may be true, it is still helpful to hear what people don't like. It puts things into perspective I think. Along with the negative comments contained in this particular review, I also saw positive and this for me became amplified in the process. The reason I think this is because if one is to believe the negative, then the positive comments are also true. This may not be the case for a review done by someone who knows the author where the review is solely positive, but perhaps inflated. So anyways, I thanked the negative reviewer personally, and I ended up having a lovely exchange with her. In the end, I appreciate her review and as I look at it again, the positive now outshines the negative.
The Dream is True.
MK Schultz
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