karlson

Bio: To rank art is a rather strange business. A question I find hard to answer: is ranking in performances of any kind like sports, literature, movies, music and sciences a righteous and constructive stimulation for individuals and groups to keep creative, outgrow dogma's and become better, or has this tendency towards hierarchy, at the end of the day, a narrowing, judgmental, tribal and thus a declining effect on the human spirit? Or to put it differently: Does it narrow the collective output in a regression towards the winning model, or has it a lifting and everlasting effect on the backbone of our culture? Is the net-outcome of 'who is on top?' stimulating or deterrent? Anyway, I don't see my ratinglist as a ranking, but as a collection of thresholds, preferences and some sort of wall newspaper to praise creativity - basically a method to relive experiences and to wallow in it with my friends.