recent documentary saw on the bbc, 'my kid could paint that' shows how important the story is. 4 years old Marla Olmstead, who's paintings sold for $300000 and more in 2004. people loved them because of all the imagination with in and behind the paintings, a 4 year old can do modern art painting pretty much as good as some of the modern art masters, which a lot of people think their works look like kid's painting anyway...
however after 60mins did a feature on marla, doubting her ability and the possibility of her father helping her, the fame fortune went right down due to the power of story telling.
....paintings still look the same tho, they never change, its just the story behind has changed. 60mins did the story of what a lot of people wanted or not wanted to hear based on a almost prefect story of marla. is it because of the time, wearing off the excitement of the original story, and marla was unable to produce more positive input into the storyline, there for the publics started this crave for more, no matter its positive or negative, they just wanted to hear more of it....and ended up digging out all the possibilities of the negative side...
something i learned from it...if u started a sroty, dont let other people finish your it for you....and put an end at where its right..dont be stingy, just stop when its at its best...
