Andy Rutledge wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Lewis"
...And, Bonsai, per se is NOT an art -- I don't care how many time
an insecure person declares that it is.
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Bonsai is in no way different from painting, music, sculpture or any other
art, but for the medium. That Jim and others here cannot recognize this
simple fact speaks to their limited perception rather than to the insecurity
of those who do understand this fact.
Andy, I actually agree with you. However, statements about *your* perception of
somebody else's lack of perception or their perceived insecurity do *not* help your
argument, but only undermine it.
Bonsai as an activity is engaged in for the same reasons that every other
art form is engaged in. Further, just as in painting or sculpture or music,
the bonsai artist seeks to have his/her work evoke a response from viewers
(either self or others). Just as in all other arts with other mediums,
bonsai artists use their medium for self-expression and/or for the
expression of a specific point of view. As in painting and music and
sculpture, bonsai uses line, form, color, balance, and texture to tell a
story or present a meaningful image.
Although I can't speak for artists who use other media, I would add that the
difference with bonsai is that the material is living and this makes bonsai
interactive, to use an over-used term. However, other media change with time.
Paintings accumulate layers of grime, statues develop a patina, that sort of
thing. So, even static media change with time and the changes become a part of the
piece of art.
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So, contrary to Jim's observation above, I believe that individual
insecurity is more responsible for the ridiculous claims of those who say
that bonsai is not art than for the words of those who know that it is. But
that's just an opinion.
Kind regards,
Andy Rutledge
www.bonsai365.com/
zone 8, Texas
Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37
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