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Originally Posted by pootsie
I dare any mofo to argue that "Goshin" or the Yamaki Pine "need" changing!
(Trimming and upkeep excluded -- I mean radical change)
wedded to the past,
pootsie
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I definitely support the above. There are trees considered unique and landmark trees. I believe those should be preserved as much as possible.
I see a similarity between this and the preservation of historical buildings. Architecture has an artistic side, just like bonsai. A historical building slowly decays and needs to be restored. During restoration, certain features could be "improved", but that will rob the building from representing a certain style and idea from the past. So, the restaurators need to rebuild it exactly the same way as it was before, although they may use the latest technology.
If you buy such a building, your duty is to recognise the role this building plays and preserve it --- In spite the fact that you may find it attractive to expand it into a fancy office building and make a nice profit.
Such landmark trees in bonsai history are very rare here in our part of the world. May be we will have more of them in a hundred years.
In Japan, it's a different story, although we saw many redesigns of very old trees in Bonsai Today. However, many of those redesigns were due to serious deterioration and neglect from the part of current owners. When the tree (especially conifers) deteriorates and grows out of control, a redesign is inevitable.