Whereas it is mandatory that you respect your colleagues in the class (I don't tolerate abusive behavior at all), we are here to get work done. Please check your ego at the door. I need you to be willing to say what you think about others' work and to hear potentially harsh criticism about the work you've done. In order to become better artists, we must be willing to speak openly about the issues at hand and to dispense with qualifying opening remarks such as "this is just my opinion" and the like.

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Yours is to be a rigorous and rich process of taking your work apart and putting it back together--better than before--with the help of this lively critical forum.