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Five Stars part 2/2

By KitMills

[drchucktingle]

the game is a blessing

ive seen some folks lately talkin on NEGATIVE REVIEWS and how to deal with them as authors or artists. personally i have not cared about reviews for several decades. negative reviews do not bother me in the slightest and buds often ask me HOW. ill explain a bit here and why this applies to everyone

first, the reason this matters to more than just authors and artists is because GUESS WHAT WE ARE ALL CREATORS. a book can get one star but so can a walk in the park or a sandwich we made. we are all in a state of critique from the world in some way because we are all creators

to narrow it in on AUTHORS however, ill start with something everyone already knows: ART IS SUBJECTIVE. in the most ZOOMED OUT sense, there is no good nor bad art. there are certainly methods of quantifying like 'is it effective?' 'did it move me?' and these are important but not some COSMIC truth

i think a lot of buds realize this and thats great. they say 'i think my book is FIVE STARS and this buckaroo thinks its ONE STAR but its subjective so it really is neither.' this is a great first step but personally its not ENTIRELY how i look at it (and probably where i will lose some thats fine)

i do not see a one star review of my art and think 'art is subjective so that is wrong'. i think 'art is subjective so that is the truth.' because it is. the subjective nature of art does not just mean everyone is wrong, it also means everyone is right. every takedown of my work is correct

i think there is a power in truly accepting this, not in some 'well let me TURN IT AROUND and use these mean quotes as promo' kind of thing (although that is fun too, trot your trot) but in an almost spiritual way, for lack of a better word. to ACCEPT these many truths is a blessing

theres nothing to be bothered by when you recognize that your creation, whether a painting or song or book, is ALL THINGS. it is not about your art being NEITHER good or bad, it is BOTH good and bad. it is BEYOND quantifying and when you start trying to do that you are simply playing a game

and HEY playin games is fun. reviews and critique are important (they are ALSO art). its a dang treat to be reviewed. BUT in the grand cosmic sense it is still a game of trying to put something ethereal into a coherent shape. there is absolutely no reason to get upset over a game

so this is why reviews never bother me. a glowing write up is a blessing. an insulting screed is a blessing. they are both true and i am honored to play the game. if this makes sense to you THATS GREAT hope it helps, and if you are like 'what the heck chuck?' thats okay too buckaroo. LOVE IS REAL

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strain: amnesia haze

date: november 27 2016

rating: five stars

comment:

shit had me lost,stumbling and hungry.

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I made this, thinking of this jsjsjs I totally forgot the drawing where he spills water on the floor .

Cody?

I don't know anymore, I still can't draw, took me WAAAAAAAAAAAAY to long to finish, but still, thought this was a funny idea.

I miss drawing.....

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Five star Goodwill pull. The dabbing Mona Lisa shirt and to top it off: the Italian pizza shirt. The thrift gods have truly blessed me this day.

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FILMS WATCHED IN 2025

Thelma & Louise (1991) dir. Ridley Scott

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The Five Stars sequence in the opening is really funny because if you stop to think about it you can immediately make a distinction between

These two who are clearly just there for the joy of it, to fight / simp for the other

and then you have the trio of EVIL

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Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy Review

Dates Read: January 23 — January 25, 2026

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Genre: Literary Fiction

2026 Reading Goal: 4/50

I was really excited when Jennette McCurdy announced her fiction debut because I LOVED I’m Glad My Mom Died. However, after I read the first chapter, I wasn’t sure if I was going to enjoy this book, but I wanted to keep reading because I really like Jennette. As I kept reading, I actually ended up really enjoying it after changing my expectations.

I was initially expecting this to be a similar type of story to My Dark Vanessa (which I enjoyed), but that isn’t what this book is at all. This book is almost as if Charles Bukowski were a Gen Z teenage girl. It is a mundane “slice of life” character study where McCurdy does not bog the reality of the narrative down with flowery language or assign a lot of moral value to her main character’s “good” or “bad” actions. Everything just “is.”

The themes are laid on a tad bit thick at times, but they are still pretty well-executed overall, especially by contemporary standards. Also, although the novel primarily focuses on the relationship between Waldo and Mr. Korgy, Waldo’s relationships with her mother and friend also feel complex and integral to her character development.

This novel wasn’t what I expected to be, but I am pleasantly surprised but what it is because I enjoy this style for writing. I think McCurdy has a lot of talent as a storyteller, and I look forward to seeing what else she writes in the future.