Seriously dude? Real talk?
The fact that you took a picture of your notebook, thought that that made it visual art, and now insist that it wasn't you that read the rules incorrectly, but instead that the whole contest is totally unfair, makes you a complete and utter idiot. I'm not an asshole for insisting that you read the rules incorrectly, you're a moron stubbornly denying it for not admitting that "Wow, yeah, I guess you're right, all the rules DO talk about visual art! I just didn't read them. Gosh, I'm glad I didn't say anything stupid like "Grrr, taking a picture of writing is visual art!""
Come on, read that line back to yourself. "When a written piece becomes a jpeg/photo, it is visual." Really? If you really, truly believe that, and that's not an excuse you pulled out of your ass to deny any wrong-doing, you're even stupider than I thought. If you take a screenshot of a Word document, it's visual art? If you upload a literature deviation, take a screenshot of that, it's visual art? Jesus, even the people who whine about digital art in contest comments have better arguments than that.
Yes, words can become visual art in typography! But let me say it again: You took a picture of a notebook, and called it visual art. You were lazy, you misread (or didn't read!) the rules, and now you're bitching about it. It's not about the rules being unclear, when there were MULTIPLE references to visual art only, it's about you latching on to your own incorrect interpretations.
Also: 1) Stop saying "all the writers who entered". Browsing all the entries, it's just you and one other person. Wow, gosh, the rules were obviously sooooooo unclear because soooooooo many writers entered! 2) It's "couldn't care less". As in, I couldn't care less about the feelings of an idiot. If you say "could care less", that's mistaken, because I really couldn't. I could care less about kittens, because I have so much care for them! But for you, I couldn't care less.
The fact that you took a picture of your notebook, thought that that made it visual art, and now insist that it wasn't you that read the rules incorrectly, but instead that the whole contest is totally unfair, makes you a complete and utter idiot. I'm not an asshole for insisting that you read the rules incorrectly, you're a moron stubbornly denying it for not admitting that "Wow, yeah, I guess you're right, all the rules DO talk about visual art! I just didn't read them. Gosh, I'm glad I didn't say anything stupid like "Grrr, taking a picture of writing is visual art!""
Come on, read that line back to yourself. "When a written piece becomes a jpeg/photo, it is visual." Really? If you really, truly believe that, and that's not an excuse you pulled out of your ass to deny any wrong-doing, you're even stupider than I thought. If you take a screenshot of a Word document, it's visual art? If you upload a literature deviation, take a screenshot of that, it's visual art? Jesus, even the people who whine about digital art in contest comments have better arguments than that.
Yes, words can become visual art in typography! But let me say it again: You took a picture of a notebook, and called it visual art. You were lazy, you misread (or didn't read!) the rules, and now you're bitching about it. It's not about the rules being unclear, when there were MULTIPLE references to visual art only, it's about you latching on to your own incorrect interpretations.
Also: 1) Stop saying "all the writers who entered". Browsing all the entries, it's just you and one other person. Wow, gosh, the rules were obviously sooooooo unclear because soooooooo many writers entered! 2) It's "couldn't care less". As in, I couldn't care less about the feelings of an idiot. If you say "could care less", that's mistaken, because I really couldn't. I could care less about kittens, because I have so much care for them! But for you, I couldn't care less.
Whoah, snap. Thanks for proving that you're not an asshole.
Is it lazy on my part, or lazy on the writers behind the contest rules? The last time I checked, a jpeg is visual art, I don't see how that aspect becomes so complicated. "Any medium" means "any medium." No literature should have been specified, not vaguely implied.
Most of us got the contest notice with less than a week remaining to deadline, I don't even know how that happened, though I can't wholly fault the contest for it. What "normal" contests do (besides stating clear rules) is have a Q&A session as the deadline approaches, to clear up any confusion. There were several questions and comments regarding literature, which went ignored, no doubt by callous people like yourself.
My overall argument here isn't that a literature entry should have won, I'm just pointing out the unfairness toward such entries and the vaguely written rules. I'm not about to shut up just because you get off on being a dickhead.
Is it lazy on my part, or lazy on the writers behind the contest rules? The last time I checked, a jpeg is visual art, I don't see how that aspect becomes so complicated. "Any medium" means "any medium." No literature should have been specified, not vaguely implied.
Most of us got the contest notice with less than a week remaining to deadline, I don't even know how that happened, though I can't wholly fault the contest for it. What "normal" contests do (besides stating clear rules) is have a Q&A session as the deadline approaches, to clear up any confusion. There were several questions and comments regarding literature, which went ignored, no doubt by callous people like yourself.
My overall argument here isn't that a literature entry should have won, I'm just pointing out the unfairness toward such entries and the vaguely written rules. I'm not about to shut up just because you get off on being a dickhead.
Go to an art museum and read the description under the artworks. They will always have 'medium: pencil on paper/oil paint/acrylic. Etc.'
If you combined your writing (hand written that is, not typed, unless your doing mixed media) with your artwork, then it would make sense for you to be upset. To be purely text and then saved as a jpeg, well then you can say novels are artworks/visual art...
If you combined your writing (hand written that is, not typed, unless your doing mixed media) with your artwork, then it would make sense for you to be upset. To be purely text and then saved as a jpeg, well then you can say novels are artworks/visual art...