--- Khaimraj Seepersad wrote:
Good Day to All,
General response,

Hmm,the concept of running a race against your self.

Can't fault the idea/philosophy.
Only the sometimes caustic way ideas are expressed.

Yes,I agree,with what is being said,but not the
tone.

In fact I can agree with much of what Andy says,save
it is usually so ---designed to be
argumentative,rather
than thought provoking.

Strange,since he is expressing sensible ideas,but
angering
everyone so much,that no one will listen.
You may now flame me as well.
Khaimraj
West Indies/Caribbean

*At times it feels as though he knows when he will
die to
the minute.Rather like those folk who need to make x
amount
of Bonsai because their 80+ and have only so much
life left.
Forgetting that life is a gift and every day lived -
a blessing.





A judged bonsai exhibit is NOT A CONTEST OF
CONTENTION. "People" do not
"win" a judged bonsai exhibit. Rather, some bonsai
are judged to be
excellent. Period. Let us please get over
ourselves and quit being so
concerned with "who" wins a bonsai contest. There
is no reason for any
names to be associated with the bonsai in a judged
exhibit. The only way
for a judged bonsai exhibit to enhance the endeavor
is for us to recognize
excellent bonsai art - examples from which we
artists and enthusiasts can
learn about excellence. Focusing on this or that
artist does nothing to
enhance our endeavor.

As with the game of golf, it is impossible for one
bonsai artist to "beat"
another in a judged exhibit. Rather, each puts
forth his/her effort and
the
results of that effort are evaluated. In golf, it
is impossible for one
player to "beat" the other. Instead, each plays
his/her best and their
scores are compared at the end. One score is,
according to the
rules/conventions, the better score. These are
individual efforts that are
later evaluated, not competitive efforts that win
at the expense of the
other.

What you seem so attached to is certainly one way
to organize a competition
between artists. However, why can't we ALSO have
the opportunity to simply
compare the artistry, beauty, message, image of
great art and officially
recognize a few of the highest examples in the form
of a judged exhibit?
Here again, we're talking about the ADDITION of an
activity, not
replacement
of one method for another.

I hope that this explanation/plea reaches you (and
others) and I hope that
you can begin to recognize the distinction and the
inherent value in what
I'm describing. Thanks.

Kind regards,
Andy Rutledge
www.andyrutledge.com/palaver/main.htm
zone 8, Texas


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