AniNator said:

how can you visibly tell? tell me what visually tells you when someone has put their heart and soul into something.

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Well, like i said before, when you are walking through a art gallery and something catches your eyes enough to completely stop you in your tracks losing you in the majesty of the moment, it would stand to reason that someone did indeed put their "heart and soul"(that expression always bothered me) into the piece.

But you're right, i honestly couldn't say for sure whether or not the person actually cared deeply about what they were drawing. It's just a feeling you get (or at least i do).....how can i explain this better?.....
Well, picture something you love doing.....i don't care what it is, just something that you really really enjoy doing. Now watch other people do the exact same thing. Can you tell if they are really into it? Cooking, music, drawing, sculpting all have alot to do with what you feel about what you are doing, if you are passionate about something you will put alot more time and effort into it.

Now you are going to sit there and tell me you don't feel the exact same thing when you are eating some of mothers good cooking versus the slop you slung yourself the last time you made a meal? That you can't tell if someone really is into and enjoys the song that they are playing or singing. I mean come on man, if there was any place that i would expect people to understand this concept it would be the Shroomery.

I didn't really think deeply about this stuff until my mind was opened with mushrooms, but it is there. You just might not notice it because you yourself do not truly enjoy the gentle art of placing lines and colors on a flat plain slowly building up something capable of changing people's perspective on things. Or stringing a set of notes together in just the perfect way. Or using just the right amount of flavors to make the meal cross the thresh-hold of merely interesting to delicious.

But everyone see's the world in his/her own way, so it would be completely reasonable to assume that some or even most people are completely unaware of this. But it is there.

After re-reading this i have decided i have gone into the right field of business.