"i for one hope the TCAs and DUHs and BUHs of the world don't disappear forever. and i say that as one who sometimes finds himself clicking the gridcosm news and grating my teeth and shaking my head. i guess, ultimately, i have an aesthetic, but dont want to become complacent."

Disappear forever, UWI? You mean you hope I don't die? Um, likewise I'm sure. Er, I hope _you_ don't die, I mean. ;-)

SUH/BUH has much more refined technique than TCA. Of course, just about everyone is a better artist than TCA. For some reason, SUH/BUH often chooses not to take advantage of his refined technique. Is he trying to start a Movement? And SUH/BUH is not the only perpetrator. Occasionally SNY is guilty of this, too, although not as frequently as SUH/BUH. When SUH/BUH and SNY fight, it can get ugly in more ways than one.

I don't want the Grid to be totally random, either, UWI. And believe it or not, I also have an aesthetic. Unfortunately, it's probably not the same as yours. And it's probably not the same as that of most of the other collaborators. Which is why I've got to go. But I won't announce that I'm going to quit, because I won't make a promise I can't keep. As a matter of fact, I've never announced that I intend to quit Gridcosm--I've always taken long vacations, which I've planned in advance.

The Grid can probably make a few tame TCA contributions without damaging the neighborhood's property values, so that's what I intend to do from now on.