Lately it occurs to me

well??

okay...I'm confused..what the heck is it. As an art form, I can see it's originality...but in all reality it's no more different than something you could do with paint. In my opinion, while photography is definitely an art form of the highest regard, there should be some differences between it and paintings. With this picture, I'm just not interested, and would rather see it in Oil and Canvas.

Everyone of us have many of our shots with many views and relatively few comms. and rates... But take for sure that if a shot through the time have increase the amount of views and no comments, it's because your shot may be a weak one. Nobody lose time in something that doesn't like... That's my rule of thumb. Also it can be accentuated for a low participation rating and commenting others... ;-)

Because we clicked the thumbnail trying to figure out what the heck it is, only to find that an enlargment of it doesn't help out any either. I can't speak for everybody, but I won't rate a picture that I don't understand.

Perhaps take your abstract down a notch and you might see stronger results.

ok ok ok.... It is the "glittery" shirt (in extreme close up) of the singer of a band that was playing a 4th of July gig.... See how it slightly resembles an american flag??