I sincerely hope I won't be misunderstood, how can I say: You see, way back when we were young, our parents told us, at certain occasions to avoid speaking what we thought. On the other hand, too many times in our lives we regret we didn't said what we were thinking because we felt ahead something was going wrong ... but we feared speaking because flames could hit us back. Isn't this true about all our lives in everything we live on: Family, job, hobby and so on?
I'm having a bit of these two lessons in my mind right now: In social behaviour, no one wants to be "
the foe" for being against something great. But individually I feel a bit sad inside myself because sincerely I just love too much Young's miniatures to be quiet. Perhaps this is the sole reason of my text. I complained last month about the face similarity of the recent creations, but please now look at these:
I blended the images together, because they transmit what I feel far better than what I could describe.
Let me try to put it this way to see if it can correctly transmit my feelings: While I perfectly recognize Young Miniatures are THE LEADER, the undisputed leader in busts, and I perfectly admire the astonishing skills Young Song has, I'm fearing there is a certain loss of inspiration in the range. I complained about the faces similarities, now I'm complaining about the pose similarity - please this is strictly my opinion - I'm fearing, after so many busts and so many stunning creations, Young is now having difficulties to reinvent something completely new: A completely new pose, new face, new theme, new attitude ... le'ts say like the new arrivals from Flintlock or Life Miniature busts. All the last creations were all done by Young, and creating something completely new each month is a gargantuan task.
I don't know how many Young pieces I have ... I sincerely lost count many moons ago. Maybe that's why I'm typing: I have a strong connection with these creations: I know them too well, even before he established his company, when Young created sublime pieces for Diorama Studios and Elite Miniatures. These fallschirmjager and signifier are marvellous ... but while I have no complains about faces ... the first looks to my eyes a conversion of the last
Please, please, please Young: Even knowing it is incredibly hard, after so many but so so so many unique creations: Bring something completely new! Attitude, face, subject: Please everything! I don't have here a smile with a thumb up, but just like the offspring song: "You can do it"! I certainly know you can!
Gentlemen, please: In this democratic world we are all entitled to give our opinions. I'm expressing mine, sincerely because I want this range to continue for many many years to come and to be regarded as the bar, but really THE BAR for others to follow: Young really deserves it!
