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Bonsai Doer
Join Date: Aug-2001
Location: Fresno, CA
Country: USA
Posts: 5,541
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Brian, Very good question! While the main trunk has some movement to the right, you will notice that at its present potting the apex is nearly centered over the base of the trunk. The secondary trunk is not, it is very much to the left. In a three point display the aim is to focus the sweet spot in and around the middle of the display, using the scroll as a fulcrum. This is very well documented by Carl Bergstrom and his piece on the steelyard in display.
With this twin trunk the larger crown needs to be on the outside of the scroll to balance the display into the middle of the sweet spot. If I change the tree by flipping it as I did in photo shop, you can see how the weight of the tree has changed and makes the whole image out of balance. The larger crown on the right, in the original picture, becomes the wall on the right while the actual wall of the Tokonoma becomes the wall on the left. The large crown between the scroll and the smaller crown adds another verticle wall and splits the display into three parts instead of two which is what the scroll is supposed to do.
Nice question though..Thanks, Al
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