Guy at the Columbus bindery swap called my Coptic stitch "loose as a goose" and now I'm rethinking 8 years of work
He flipped through my 2016 journal at his table, pressed the spine flat with one thumb, and asked if I was scared of tension, and now I can't decide if honest critique from a stranger beats polite silence from my own guild, so tell me, do you want the guy who says it or the room that nods?