I am not handsome, my shop is a messy catastrophe, my art/craft is mundane and I don't sell much. I do not own a digital camera. I know that these aren't really the reasons why I don't post pics to forums or to a personal website. Many of us do put up pics and I realize that without them the WWW forums & sites would be arid indeed. From time to time, I've been asked to post pics. I never do. Why? Am I an excessively private person or am I ashamed that my postings exceed my turnings? Whatever the reasons that those of us who prefer the anonymity of 'no pics' it is our choice. Two axioms from my teaching days come to mind:
"Those who can, do--those who can't, teach." and "When students start asking questions, they are beginning to understand what I am talking about." We of the 'pic-less persuasion' prefer the latter, and believe that we also serve.
All this is just to sincerely acknowledge with much appreciation all of you who put pictures on forums and personal sites. However, I do believe that although it may often take a thousand words to equal one picture, that's not always a bad thing. Sometimes a long narrative, RCW style, is the better teaching (and entertainment) tool. Courteous disagreement is always welcome. Arch
OK, so this boring, wordy and OT musing is the exception that proves the rule.
Fortiter,