Originally Posted by Vance Wood

The fact is, bonsai has a quality of life beyond any other art form,

The Japanese have a word for this quality called Kami. Loosely defined meaning Spirit. In music we would call it Soul, in politics we would call it Charisma. To create bonsai without considering this quality is to create bonsai without its most important element. To determine what this is one has to find it for themselves. Again another appeal of bonsai, the almost mystic esoteric quality that takes on an identity greater than a simple tree in a pot.