I love being "educated" about criticism by people who have never in their lives been to an academic creative critique.

People who position themselves as more educated AND superior to me creatively love dancing a fandango right into a beartrap.

A trained visual artist from youth, I have been critiqued so very many times, by people who hated me, people who wanted to crush me, who were vastly intellectually and creatively accomplished, and so many more scary types.

I can take it better than you.