LOL, this is what's great about this forum: two opposite points of view, each having validity, with the supporting arguments supplied - moving toward possible consensus through sharing ideas.
Actually, this etiquette issue came up for me just now because the forum discussion about smiles and teeth is so complete that I felt I hardly had anything to write beyond what's been said here. In the past, my blog posts have expressed my own point of view, with a few supporting ideas and quotes from elsewhere. (I've also used many images by portraitists around the world.) But in the case of my smiles post, I'll probably rely on forum opinion more fully than I've done in the past. That's what made me feel I should check in here to see how people feel about it.
Since I began my blog, I've always contacted artists whose words and/or images I put online. Everyone who has responded has, without exception, been happy to have their images or words used. I imagine this is partly because I only put up words and images that I've learned or gained insight from. I never post other artists work to criticize it. Of course, being written about on a blog gives an artist more exposure. And any new link to their website from another related website tends to boost them in search engines.
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