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Originally Posted by node

I choose this pot because it was the shallowest I had at hand. I guess it will be a year minumum still until the whole thing wil fit on a slab. Maybe one could consider this a transitional stage. Mostly I thought the picture had turned out quite nicely

Also I was still a bit unsure wether I really wanted to go Bujin on this stick in a pot. Somehow for me personally it did not feel quite right.

Seeing your Juniper Example on the slab however gives me a clearer idea on this direction. Maybe I should make a choice and go for it.

Im looking at the whole thing more as a training exercise, just to see the possible directions I could go, the reasons for them. What people see, compared to how I look at the tree.

You have all been very good to a rank beginner in this thread, and while the tree might not be much to look at, I am learning a great deal from this.

Stefan

Stefan,

Above all else it is yours, so make the decision that pleases YOU.

My best advice is for your to consider all options, ruling them out one-by-one until you are left with only one. Then decide on whether to go that route. If you do - good luck, if you don't - then the material will make the decision for you.

You mentioned that you are treating this like a training exercise. The Army went by the motto, "The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat". I would guess that the same philosophy - albeit it with a gentler mentality - applies to bonsai. You are wise to consider it like Sun Tzu; plan long, strike quickly.

Good luck with it,

John