----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Lewis"
Subject: [IBC] An interesting tree and great stylist


I had a mixed reaction when I originally read the article
and
still do after exploring it again with your comments in mind.
The final results may look great but is it still a crappy
tree?

Is it only a façade? Things hidden behind things etc.
The main trunk branches etc. are shaped but do they possess
the
qualities of a good tree, as defined by our peers. Will this
tree
ever
grow into a good tree?
Anton

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This was pretty much MY reaction, too. It's a bit like
making a
COTTON purse out of a sow's ear.

Jim Lewis

:)
Well...that settles it. Apparently you guys are WAY out of my
league ( and
Marc Noelanders' also I guess). Jim, do you have some free
time for me to
come down and study with you this Summer?? Perhaps you can show
me how to
turn my "sow's ears" into cotton purses?

Nope. Not many folks would want to study with me.

However, I do know what a good tree should look like, and in MY
opinion (yours obviously differs -- as do the opinions of the
editors of the magazine) that one is a mediocre tree. He did
wonders with junky starting material, but -- other than the need
to produce an article -- I wonder why he even started on it in
the first place.

As in any art form, Dale, each viewer will have a different take
on the product. Some folks think Andy Warhol's stuff is
marvelous. _I_ think he suckered a lot of people into buying
crap. I know folks who think Miro's work stinks. _I_ buy all I
can find (and afford). Matter of opinion.

You got yours; I got mine. We're each entitled to it and (to a
limited extent, at least), entitled to express it.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is
frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry
David Thoreau - Walden

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