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hughrbeyer · 08-31-2011, 10:19 AM

Just a note on the post-impressionists... when the Academy system broke down, some of the craft of painting did too. You can't just layer any paint on any other paint--some works, some doesn't, some works in one order but not in the other. I had one art teacher who said of one post-Impressionist school, "Some people say this is great art. Others say it's junk. I say it won't last another fifty years, so it doesn't matter."

Drawing the parallel to martial arts training does suggest a warning.

08-31-2011, 10:19 AM	#33
hughrbeyer Dojo: Shobu Aikido of Boston Location: Peterborough, NH Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 653 Offline	Re: The continuing Aikido or Non aikido aiki debate and what is or isn't aiki Just a note on the post-impressionists... when the Academy system broke down, some of the craft of painting did too. You can't just layer any paint on any other paint--some works, some doesn't, some works in one order but not in the other. I had one art teacher who said of one post-Impressionist school, "Some people say this is great art. Others say it's junk. I say it won't last another fifty years, so it doesn't matter." Drawing the parallel to martial arts training does suggest a warning.