@kasdeya Something that might also be happening is that it's much harder to fill in a gap than to name things that are there. To fill in a gap, you need to know all the things that could go into the gap, and choose the one that fits best. That requires a *lot* of knowledge and searching. That's what "I don't know why I don't like this" is: something is missing, and searching for it is very hard. But to know why you like something, it is just a little introspection. If you have the practice, you can follow your feelings to get an answer. There is barely any searching to do. That also explains why your archetype strategy helps: the archetype gives you things you can put in the gaps of the target art, you don't need to search through all your experience to find what might fit. This would happen more often with unfamiliar art, because experience gives you the search space. With familiar art (a new horror movie), you know from all the examples what *could* have been different. But with unfamiliar art (like i dunno modern dance) you don't even know what can be a piece to add or take away.