Yeah, well, your "River on Canton" piece made feel inadequate. People trashed me plenty for it already in private. :( So, you can be assured I'll never make the mistake of ever voicing that again.

Well, I haven't read the disturbing post, so my comments may be off base.

You are a very talented artist, and if something about that upsets, offends, or makes another person envious, that's their problem. You aren't responsible for the emotional reactions people might have to your work (except all the oohs, ahhs, and happy squeals of your fans when we see another of your drawings!).

Any time a person is really, really good at something, a small percentage of people will feel inadequate and hate them for it.

I can't draw beyond stick figures, but my life is enriched by your work. I can't act, but my life is enriched by Nathan Fillion's talent. Most people will appreciate the good work you do and not let negative emotions ruin their enjoyment. Again, the others are not your problem.

Hey M,
Don't know if you got your PC fixed or not but if you haven't I may be able to help. I build and repair PC's for a living and have been able to restore the contents of crashed hard drives on numerous occasions. I would need to know more about the situation of course and could not make any promises
but 4 out the 5 "dead systems" i got in the last few months (seems to be a rash of them lately) I was able to fully restore all data. The fifth was totally dead as in she saw sparks fly out the back of it before she called me. Not much i could do with that except perform last rights... here lies this data. I knew it well...

With love comes envy