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Tree herder
Join Date: Aug-2002
Location: Maidenhead
Country: England
Posts: 2,200
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Originally posted by K.A. Rutledge
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...there are plenty of painters who just enjoy putting paint on canvas and creating pictures of landscapes, still life, etc... What they're doing is not necessarily art, but it make them happy to create. Same with bonsai. But the full definition of bonsai is an art that uses trees to portray our perception of nature.
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That's me, at the moment at least. I don't in any way see myself as an artist, but I still try to achieve aesthetically pleasing bonsai. (does this then make me an artist??)
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