A&S Competitions
James Crouchet
crouchet at infinity.ccsi.com
Thu Mar 30 15:19:19 PST 1995
On Thu, 30 Mar 1995, Jennifer Kubenka wrote:
> On 30 Mar 1995, Mark Harris wrote:
>
> > Reply to: RE>>A&S Competitions
> >
> > >I would hope that the artisan would be honorable enough to be truthful
> > >about the project at hand. In my case, I would definitely be a beginner
> > >at blackwork, but advanced at Assisi or other forms of counted
> > >cross-stitch work. And so I would enter the project accordingly.
> >
> > But are you going to consider the artisan dishonorable who really believes
> > he or she is still a beginner while others consider them intermediates?
> > This ranking of the artisans is the main problem I see with this idea.
> >
> > Stefan li Rous
>
>
> I dunno, Stefan. Artistry is such a subjective thing, all wrapped around
> emotions and egos and such, that I really do not know.
>
> However, that's why I put forth the question. How could such a system be
> created, and who would maintain it? Would it foster an even more
> pronounced reluctance to enter A&S competitions then?
>
> Savian's (I *think* it was Savian, please excuse me if it was indeed not)
> put forth a nice message about honor on the field and how it must needs
> be learned. Would it not be the same for artisans?
>
> Emher ni Maille, with more questions filling her brain about this...
>
Yes, it was me (Savian). But remember, an honest mistake is NOT
dishonorable. We recognize that in fighing and we teach blowcalling as a
skill. It seems that this system would need to teach self evaluation as a
skill before expecting artisans to enter A&S compititions.
Savian
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