Pat
You lost me with "quality", "enjoyability", "primary" and "objective". Those four words don't work together in objective criticism.
Pietro
I can't comment on the subconscious or just below the surface stuff. That sort of thing, to pardon the language, is a load of hogwash. The idea of critical analysis of someone's thoughts that aren't wholly known by that someone (or even wholly known) seems so far stretched that it isn't worth getting caught up in. I am a subscriber to group dynamics, but I have no experience which shows me that I know much about a person without knowing that person. I especially would not get caught up in believing I know a person because I "know" his art.
No, I don't think of myself as anything like a critic even though I offer a few critical comments through the range of positive to negative. I do try to make it obvious how I feel about a course while keeping an even keel because I know, just as with people, that I don't really know a course after only a few plays. Instead, I know how I feel about a course. Not terribly objective I know, but I am not entirely sold on the concept of objectivity when it comes to art, or even if its possible to be so. The good thing is, I trust my feelings - tee hee.
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