Squawkbert-- I will trim to maintain this layout, but I will never take photos of it with the plants very thin. It's not what I'm going for.
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Originally Posted by C.ton  the progress of the tank is great and the new look is much more better then the older scape , but i find that there is so many contradictory with what you say in here compared to the other post you've made. Yes, you are paving new road but you've mention "you'll find that we don't belive "beauty is in the eye of the beholder here." We're very adamant about there being varying degrees of excellence in art, to which we aspire."
i find that it completely contradict this statement "Besides which, artists are generally a different breed of people mentally-- very few people have the bravery to break the mold, and self-belief to take the criticism that is unavoidable if one truly is a growing artists who's not a slave to the current styles."
then here's a statement that made me think a lot, espciasiclally after reading this thread. "You make your own style, but people in general, excellence in general, is not decided by you alone." |
C. Ton-- I'm afraid I don't see any contradictions.
What is Excellent is built on the opinions of many.
But artists, the people who achieve it, are few. Great artists can also, (sometimes not until they're long dead though) change the opinions of the many.
As a final note, [APC aquascaping forums] does not = [the many], at least imo. To me, [All people] = [The many]. From a statistical perspective, I don't have anything of the funds and means to get really conclusive feedback. The feedback I get from you all is in the form of a non-random, biased sample. Therefore, what's really going on is me making my own decisions. The feedback from others is not to tell me what's right or wrong, what's good or bad, but rather--
it's received on the chance that someone will say something that I personally find useful. Like Pjerrot's comment on the right side of the tank.
Dave-- I agree with you, and I think that statement could apply to many different groups, or rather those who go after excellence in many disciplines. neh?
