Excellent convention!!! Thanks to Charlene and everyone who made it happen! Chris -----Original Message----- From: owner-aga-contest-digest@thekrib.com (AGA CONTEST - Digest) Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 03:12:08 -0800 To: aga-contest-digest@thekrib.com Subject: AGA CONTEST - Digest V1 #470 > > AGA CONTEST - Digest Saturday, November 17 2001 Volume 01 : Number 470 > > > > In this issue: > > Next year: TITLE OF AQUASCAPE field > > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to majordomo@thekrib.com > with the words "unsubscribe aga-contest-digest" in the body. > > Old messages are available at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-contest > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 13:29:58 -0800 (PST) > From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> > Subject: Next year: TITLE OF AQUASCAPE field > > Note to self. I was supposed to have put this in this year, but forgot. > Next year there needs to be a separate field in the aquascape information > specifically for "Title". Common in Singapore & other asian based tanks, > not common in US tanks. > > - Erik > > - -- > Erik Olson > erik at thekrib dot com > > - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 22:57:47 -0800 (PST) > From: Lazarus Miskowski <lazmiskowski@yahoo.com> > Reply-To: aquatic-plants@actwin.com > Subject: Re: art and the planted aquarium > > It's interesting, Roger, that the club would be > historically divided about aquaria as art. > > The problem with the technical aspect of the hobby is > that you can only take it so far. And then you are > done. We all know how to get there. Lack of success > usually means shortcuts were employed (co2, light, > algae eaters, fertilizers). > > How many more plants will be added to the hobby? How > many more species can we jam into one tank? > > I've never been completely comfortable with the word > "gardener" when it comes to planted aquascapes. When > I hear that word, I think of rows of corn and > tomatoes. I admit to eating watersprite once, but > that's as far as it goes for me. > > I have noted that none of the tanks in the AGA contest > have titles. At least none of the ones I have looked > at. Works of art have titles. And when they don't > have titles, they are called "untitled." Amano uses > titles for his tanks. I think adding titles colors > the way we view a tank, and just that little bit can > add to the enjoyment. How about it? Titles > (optional, I suppose) in the future. > > It seems to me that an aquascaping contest is ALL > about art. The AGA can be about many things, but the > contest ought to be about art. If people want, maybe > there can be other kinds of contests, like points for > the number of species you can grow in a year > (sometimes I get emails that sound like those kids > that solicit magazines--"if I sell one more magazine, > I'll get 5,000 points, and win a scholarship to > Harvard, please!" "I need x plant to get the 10 > points that will put me over the top in my plant > club..."). Or maybe quantity can be a contest (dry > weight of plants). Or perhaps "most LFS trade-in > credit contest". But the showcase ought to be about > art. Which it was, for the most part. I think there > is one glaring example where it wasn't, but I don't > really feel like going there. You either know what I > am talking about or you don't. > > I'm somewhat familiar with poetry. Took a class in > college. :) And what they would do there is have > someone in the class bring a poem. We would go home > and study it, and then come back and offer critique > and criticism. Then the author would use that info. > to improve their work. Eventually, you could kind of > guess what the criticism would be, and could therefore > edit better even before you showed your work to > others. Perhaps people can post URL's to tanks they > would like critiqued, and interested parties can offer > their advice/opinions. Or perhaps someone would like > to suggest that a different tank besides the one > selected ought to have been the Best of Show, and can > tell us why he/she thought so. I'm just throwing out > ideas here. Getting together for a contest once a > year is great, but maybe ongoing dialogue could be > useful also. Maybe even creating a different list > would be in order. > > Arthur > http://www.awaqua.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Find the one for you at Yahoo! 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