On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Saleel <[email protected]> wrote: > Thorsten Wilms wrote: > > I observed that discussions on artwork here on this list happened on a > > level of "more orange" or "not enough brown". Many opinions, but hardly > > ever any exploration of the reasons behind any decision. > > > > A few of us thought that the solution should be a well documented and > > discussed set of goals. That is the root of Kyūdō. Know what you are > > trying to achieve, so people can pull into one direction. > > > This rings true with me, any feedback/suggestions that I get without a > reason, I mentally place under "stuff I should try if I get the chance > or when I am having insomnia at 3:30 am". It doesnt always result in my > best attempt and therefore rarely does either my art or the suggestion > any justice. > > Feedback with reasons gets placed under "stuff to try when I reopen the > file, since people much more experienced than me have some solid reasons > for these suggestion." It always merits my best effort even if the > final result is not always complementary to my vision for the piece. > > Errors/glitches get filed under "uhoh fix it right now you blubbering fool" > > I admit I have not read all of the Kyūdō pages, but this rings so true...
My suggestion for Kyudo, based on your email, would be to write a page on this -- suggestions. Have concrete examples of good, reasoned suggestions and unacceptable (as in, unlikely to be of use to the artist) suggestions. Give the reasons for giving reasons, and explain how this fits into the whole of Kyudo. That, so far, is what I really don't see in the Kyudo docs (and I have read them all; I did for the first time about 5 months ago, read them again a month ago, and read them a third time before I sent my email yesterday.) There's lots of very vague ideas, like working towards an "optimal presentation" (coming from a science background, this sounds absurd on its face -- presentation is by its nature highly subjective and thus cannot be optimal -- but I think I understand what you're getting at) and considering the meaning of Ubuntu and having all pieces working together in harmony. I've read all that sort of thing before: you can find it in the preface of any good book on management or event planning. The difference between Kyudo and an actual plan or useful resource is that the latter follows the "big ideas" with lots of specific details that participants can consider in order to make the operation run more smoothly. Cheers, Ryan > > > -- Saleel > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art >
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