[Jewelry making - Article 00177] - Re: [Orchid] Smithsonian jury results

[patpruitt]

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    With all this dialogue about what is/what isnt.....let us not
    forget..... 

    We all build, make, construct, design, render, fabricate, assemble,
    finish items that come from inside all of us, for one reason or
    another, it might be to put food on the table, it might be something
    we have always wanted to do, it may be something a simple as
    expressing a feeling inside....or it could just be something *cool*
    with absolutely no meaning what so ever. 

    Who are we to criticize the reasons that one does what they do? Its
    a drive we all have, some expound on it more than others. Some have
    better execution than others with the skillsets they have.... 

    While we may critique what others have done, and we are all entitled
    to that, it doesnt change feeling/drive/reasoning the
    artist/craftsman had at the time they created it. There are pieces
    out there that I love, and there are pieces out there that i dont,
    but thats my opinion....and that is what this whole topic is
    about....OPINION....everyone has one, including me. 

    I do what I do because it makes me happy, all opinions aside.... 

P AT 
www.patpruitt.com
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