HOW TO CRITICIZE (THE ART OF CRITICISM)
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...