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> I think to a large extent coding can be like making art. That resonates very strongly with me. > I enjoyed doing it. People don't seem to think that's good

> I think to a large extent coding can be like making art. That resonates very strongly with me. > I enjoyed doing it. People don't seem to think that's good enough. Yeah, I've found that a lot of times when you want to show something you've made to someone, they'll automatically expect it to be useful and judge it from that perspective. Perhaps that would be different if we could frame it in a way that from the beginning helps align expectations?

graderjs 5y ago
> Perhaps that would be different if we could frame it in a way that from the beginning helps align expectations? It might, but I just want to put it out there sometimes. I don't want to have to explain it, or limit its appreciation to whatever I say it is. I like to leave it open for people to interpret. Sure, when you go to a gallery, sometimes there's a little card that "explains" the art work. But sometimes not. I guess I like the freedom of just creating things and letting people interpret them. I don't want to do that all the time, explain it, but I do it sometimes. So I suppose I'm pushing the task onto the consumers of the work to work out what it means for them, rather than me to explain it. And seeing well are people going to be open to that or not. Whatever their reaction, it's okay either way. I just want the freedom myself to explain it when I want and not when I want, but on a basic level both are equally valid.