so a defaulted program such as gaussian blur in a vector based program made out of mathematical equations such as illustrator which can be expanded and doesn't necessarily pixellate unless you've made it the smallest degree of sizing possible is categorized as "mixed media"? mixed media is like a box for lost toys. it's sad and depressing. i hate the thought of losing the privilege of a vector artist of putting my work which is almost completely solid vectors and gradients into a "collage" gallery when the entire piece is created 100% in adobe illustrator. it's like having a whole can of chicken soup and you have to make sure you're taking out all the vegetables and broth and only eating the noodles out. it gets so tricky when you think about it. we've got this heavenly program with all these advantages and filters, but as soon as we create a jpeg, png, gif or tiff, it's no better than a rastor or vexel. it's still going to pixellate. i just don't like the thought of my work going into mixed media where noone would see it, i rarely ever go in there myself.
i think there was a looooong discussion about blurs about a year ago in the chatroom, that said they were okay in moderation.
though i'm still not giving up on coining the term vections. ^^