Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted Grant wrote: > Steve Barbour offered: > >> as I look back over these exchanges I can see how, on the one hand, >> we all learn a lot...on the other, we become homogenized....by the >> prevailing wisdom... >> >> leaving little room to be different, or creative...or take >> chances...<<<,, > > > Steve, > No question we all learn something everytime. No person is so perfect, > that even with a 100 years of experience they can't learn something. > Some accept the opinion or critique as a learning tool. Others question > and learn, while others may write.... > "Opinions and critique appreciated... they're far from accepting any > comment other than "nice picture!" > ted. Ted, seems by accepting only what is established fact/opinion, we stay frozen in the present...no progress occurs, nothing new is given a chance to breath and maybe to flourish... I see this all the time in medicine, as well as in the arts...it drives me up the wall to see our residents and students being told "the way" to do things, when I know a. it's wrong b. it's one of many possible ways, or c. there is something brand new that could be tried. Sooooo, what to do? listen, learn, then go ahead with the old way, or the new, if you are ready to be criticized.... Manifestly, you of all people know this very well Ted. You have proven to be an old dog, that's always learning new tricks, and more than willing to venture into new territory. And Lee ...thanks for your posting and taking the heat. btw, I've lived in Paris for more than a year, and I have been in a number of places there, with real colors, worse than yours, that looked like they needed a Photoshop home improvement ... :-) Steve