Jim:
Here is my question. How does the California Juniper figure into the equation being as it has had so much effect on the japanese bonsai culture and the way it has changed the amount of shari and jin that is used in there juniper designs.
One more thought, although I am influnced by eastern techniques I am taught by western artests.
If the Chinese invented paper and paint and the Japanese invented wood working and picture frames and you painted the painting. Whos work is the finished painting.
I am really not going toward any specific point. These are just ideas that I had whal reading your thread.
Penjing...Bonsai...Patio Trees
I have to go to work now as my head hurts from this much thinking on a saterday morning.