Here’s a thought.

A couple of days ago I was idly browsing Loston Wallace’s DA page and faved some of his work. Close to a week later he came back to my page to thank me for those +faves. You might not see what the big deal is at first, and seconds later you will but it won’t be the real big deal. I don’t go all crazy when I get autographs. What surprises me and makes me spin some gears up there is the fact that he actually came back and spent 15 seconds of his life to thank some skill-less noname in Eastern Europe for a couple of faves. It might seem like there’s no gain in that or you might say he was just bored, but there’s a third point which I’m slowly getting to.

All these little comments, thanks, nudges and faves, whatever you want to call them, will eventually come around in some form or another. They spell out “this dude cares about his viewers”. Nobody ever made a name for himself in the creative scene by being completely silent and blank. Art only speaks for itself, not for the author. I had a couple of +faves myself and plenty of comments but I rarely said ‘thanks’.

So that’s today’s lesson. Thanks, Loston.