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Originally Posted by theAlphaDuck
indeed...
but would you go as far as calling the geshia an artist?
because geshia patrons like to call themselves...patrons of the arts...
is that really the case?
if you PAY for a geshia....are you supporting the J-art scene....or getting a couple of pretty dolled up girls to massage your ego?
surly art is all about new ideas?
in geshia...there are no knew ideas...just the old ones...
also would by your definition a Hostess not be just as much art as a geshia??
yet hosstess bar customers don't consider themselves patrons of the arts...
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Basically, a geisha and a hostess are the same, just as Van Gogh an Joe the house painter are the same.
A hostess does not have to learn to dance or sing, she does not have to know how to play any instruments. She doesn't have to understand the differences between different schools of poetry or calligraphy. And she doesn't have to possess the knowledge to converse with her clients intelligently. All a hostess has to do is to convince her client to get progressively more and more drunk, preferably by buying the most expensive drinks the bar has to offer.
There is no set of exact rules for the tea ceremony, or any of the other things which a geisha learns. They are supposed to be adaptable, as nature is. Each has a different style, or a different method, depending on the tastes of her client.