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Re: [OM] Manipulation Disqualification

Subject: Re: [OM] Manipulation Disqualification
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 08:32:53 -0500
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On Nov 3, 2012, at 12:55 AM, Moose wrote:

> On 11/2/2012 6:04 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>> PESO:
>> 
>> I thought this was interesing:
>> 
>> http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2012/11/02/landscape-photographer-of-the-year-2012-winner-disqualified/
>> 
>> What do you think?
> 
> I think our culture is poisoned with competition. There have to be winners 
> and losers, blue ribbons. That works with 
> footraces, javelin throwing and all that ilk of competitions. It becomes less 
> meaningful in judged sports like diving, 
> ice skating, etc.
> 
> In the arts, it's just meaningless I like book A better than book B, and no 
> one else's opinion can change that, unless I 
> fool myself, and suppress my own, inner self in favor of external standards.*
> 
> Everybody 'important' who saw it thought Van Gogh's art was crap. Maybe it 
> was. Things change. Who can actually know?
> 
> Juried art competitions are a pox on our culture. They belie the truths about 
> the nature of art, encourage the pompous 
> and self-aggrandizing in condescending to the more ordinary, healthy 
> personalities and distort the natural creativity in 
> artists who try to tune their work for prizes. **
> 
> I have no argument, by the way, with reviews, top ten lists, etc. Unlike 
> single prizes, they offer a range of differing 
> opinions and can inform the potential consumer of art. If I know from 
> experience that someone, professional reviewer or 
> acquaintance, has taste often similar to mine, or wildly different, their 
> opinions can be of value to me.
> 
> I also understand that artists often distort their inner taste to the demands 
> of the market. I don't have an opinion 
> that that is good or bad, but it's a far different thing.
> 
> We all like to have our artistic efforts appreciated. Meaningless 
> competitions provide that for the very few at the 
> expense of the very many, based on no valid criteria.
> 
> Moose D'Opinion
> 
> * I'm speaking short term here. Contrary to some opinion, we can, and most of 
> us do, grow and change. I may years later 
> prefer book B to book A.

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