bonsaial1

Hi all, Andy doesn't post here much, which is a shame since he writes so well. Course, no one would subscribe if he graced all his wisdom across these pages, now would we. I on the other hand, would like to find the secret button that gets Andy out in the open for all to enjoy. Guess I found the right button. No one more passionate bout art than Rutledge. As usual your assesment of the public schools is right on. The moral decay and desensitizing of our youth to murder, guns and sex is out of control. I think things like Piss Christ, and Christoff, (or whatever his name was, the guy who unfurled hundreds of yards of white cloth all over the place) have gone out of their way to take the "art" out of art.

The Bonsai that was on the IBC a few months ago, the tree and roots over the ancient statue, I think captured the "shock value" sometimes missing in bonsai. Nick Lenz and a few other seem to come up with a new slant every once and a while. I for one look forward to seeing the next shock bonsai. The peice Kimura did a few years ago on the 45 degree tilted slab with the forest growing verticle on it was a real eye popper.

It only took about 50 years for the west to diminish the art of bonsai to a few plants in a cheap blue pot at the mall, I'll bet it takes a lot longer to restore it to its original grandeur.

Ever feel like your trying to hold back the ocean with a broom?

Regards, Al keppler