Roger;

I researched the word "artist" and was amazed at how loosely it is defined.
The Encarta online dictionary defines artist as ....

skilled person: somebody who does something with great skill and creativity
"an artist with a basketball"

Given this loose definition, I assume that anyone can be considered at
artist if he can convince others that he is doing something "with great
skill and creativity". So, if my mother thinks my trees took great skill and
are creative, then in her eyes, I must be an artist !!

Thanks to Roger and Encarta for clearing this up.


Mark Hill - Harrisburg PA
Zone 6a
Bonsai Artist (at least to my mother !!)



-----Original Message-----
From: Internet Bonsai Club ] On Behalf Of
Roger Snipes
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 6:27 PM
To:
Subject: [IBC] FW: [IBC] Another "art" debate?

Mark,

I agree, I also would not call the technicians who save a deteriorating
painting artists. So, by that definition the "collectors", as referenced in
the discussion on the gallery, who buy a bonsai and merely maintain it would
not necessarily be considered artists. I feel that the person who
originally styled the bonsai is properly called an artist, however.

Regards,
Roger Snipes Spokane, WA Zone 5, or maybe Zone 6.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it,
and then misapplying the wrong remedies. Groucho Marx (1895-1977)


Roger;

I agree (in part).

The fact that old artworks are preserved by "technicians" to replace
flaking
paint or to remove centuries of dirt, does not change the fact that they
are
fine examples of artwork.

I do have difficulty defining those technicians as artists, simply because
they helped restore the original pieces of art.

Mark Hill - Harrisburg PA
Zone 6
Bonsai Enthusiast

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