[cameraman]

I don't think there's anything in that article that folks haven't been saying around here for years, but in a less judgmental way. I've seen it said time and again that comp q has nothing to do with backyard q because in most cases it's created for a perceived judges palate. Hell, even when you watch the tv comps you'll hear people talking about modding their recipes to cater to the locals' taste.

The pioneering modern photographer Alfred Stieglitz envied the amateur artist because he could pursue his vision without concern for the critics. A great jazz trumpeter I know said once that some of the finest musicians he knew were doctors. So it is in q I guess.