I really think any future disentrenchment from the predominant culture established bonzo etiquette, and a movement toward one that is more authentic and able to evolve, will first take place in the aesthetics of the display format: The whole gamut of the Japanese tradition of display (containers, tables, placement etc.), which is, I think, in most ways ineffective and hollow and ultimately kind of ridiculous, when drug cross-culturally into our scene. The sad thing is how it controls us through competition, the judges always deferring to the Japanese rule-sets, this being said, innovation will come slow and still, of course, be bound by universal conventions. I am not a big table guy, more of a smashed garbage can lid guy, I do like the feel of your table, when I look at your table my eye quickly becomes fixed on the proportions of the rail, leg, and table-top; the various margins; the symmetry of horizontal placements, and also the overall linearness of it. It is an interesting study--I like the contrasting legs. I might have gone with subtler margins or more asymmetry but these things have to be viewed in person to get the whole gist. Nice work!
