Criticism
is an art, which always involves certain acts too; this has been confused for
condemnation. Though criticism and condemnation looks alike, they aren’t the
same. Criticism is an act of pointing out the wrongs in a person, a thing or a
situation while condemnation is an aspect of judgment that blames or punishes
offenders for the wrongs they did.
However,
most professional critiques, going by their dispositions, are professional
condemners. There is nothing professional about criticism until “constructive” is
added to it, this is an oxymoron to create a balance which means before someone
decides to criticize a thing, he should have appreciated the good side twice as
much.
Most critiques only
concentrate on picking out the wrongs without saying anything about the good
sides and this shows that they are illiterate in the art of criticism. Though
it is human to complain when things go wrong and keep quiet when things are
rightly done, such approach to life is synonymous with the fools.
It is evident why
most critiques were never given the glory for changing others and making things
better. Critiques are doing a great job, without them, we will have a lot of
substandard outcomes, but they must understand they are most unlikely to
improve outcomes by just pointing out faults.
