Tradition isn't constant. It is history. And history changes as time moves on; specifically the perspective of history. Things get blended together. Relevant stuff become irrelevant and vice versa.
Time changes everything. Often times it is a very slow change, and you don't notice it until after you reflect back many years.
By definition, it takes many years to establish tradition... but tradition can be erased in a very short amount of time. That is, unless the tradition is passed on. But how it is passed on can serve to change the tradition.
Confused yet? It is a lot more complicated than a simple statement of "this IS tradition".
For several of us, we live and breath traditional bow hunting. We go afield with a simple stick and string with rather simple looking arrows and try to kill stuff. Some of us can articulate our reasoning for doing it this way really well. Some of us struggle. There aren't enough words to really articulate why I do it. I was drawn to it. I stumbled to get there... but once there, it felt right... right in my heart. Everything else that seemed right, all of a sudden didn't any more. But I acknowledge that at one point in time it felt right and there was absolutely nothing wrong with that at the time. "to your own self be true" rings out here. So it is really easy to take a step back and say... while I understand my method to be harder... there are harder ways... more simpler ways... and easier ways... but that doesn't make one better than the other.
Wisdom comes with time for those who pay attention and reflect and rationalize what they have seen and ask questions. You pose a very good question, and one worth discussing in my opinion. It doesn't sound like you are asking a question for which you have already sold yourself on the answer... and honestly, that is why I like this forum... we mostly have good conversations about stuff and folks learn on here... as long as they are being genuine in the asking of the question.
.... to make a long story short
Time changes everything. Often times it is a very slow change, and you don't notice it until after you reflect back many years.
By definition, it takes many years to establish tradition... but tradition can be erased in a very short amount of time. That is, unless the tradition is passed on. But how it is passed on can serve to change the tradition.
Confused yet? It is a lot more complicated than a simple statement of "this IS tradition".
For several of us, we live and breath traditional bow hunting. We go afield with a simple stick and string with rather simple looking arrows and try to kill stuff. Some of us can articulate our reasoning for doing it this way really well. Some of us struggle. There aren't enough words to really articulate why I do it. I was drawn to it. I stumbled to get there... but once there, it felt right... right in my heart. Everything else that seemed right, all of a sudden didn't any more. But I acknowledge that at one point in time it felt right and there was absolutely nothing wrong with that at the time. "to your own self be true" rings out here. So it is really easy to take a step back and say... while I understand my method to be harder... there are harder ways... more simpler ways... and easier ways... but that doesn't make one better than the other.
Wisdom comes with time for those who pay attention and reflect and rationalize what they have seen and ask questions. You pose a very good question, and one worth discussing in my opinion. It doesn't sound like you are asking a question for which you have already sold yourself on the answer... and honestly, that is why I like this forum... we mostly have good conversations about stuff and folks learn on here... as long as they are being genuine in the asking of the question.
.... to make a long story short
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