Haha - that explains a lot. Apology accepted :-)

No? Even more impressive. Forget Proust - I’ve read how you judge contest entries, and your standards are already impressively high. Knowing Proust too would probably scare me off. You’re actually more intimidating than the raven ;-)

People will always have opinions, but the integrity of your work shouldn’t depend on proving whether it’s human enough.

Precisely! Makes perfect sense.