irene_b

Hi Al,

I was happy to see this topic come up.

Overexposure....Nope I don't believe so.
But with all the new blood in the Bonsai world a new age is upon us all.
How will we look at it?
Will we gripe about the old days, or perhaps embrace and welcome the New way.
The Old Masterpieces are still that and Just that. Time has not changed that they are great. But we have changed.

I, for one, welcome the new, yet, still old way of doing things.

The internet has opened up the World for all to see.

Unlike in the past when we were all limited in what we could get our hungry eyes and hands on.
We were all starving for new books, and magazines, and teachers, and anything and everything that was going on in the world in relation to Bonsai.

Would I want things as they were....Never!!!

Do I want "Cookie Cutter", nope.
New trees, new styles, new ways, new teachers.
I love that we can get on here and explore "Our" world.
We are only limited in what we can do, not by the world around us.
Got a problem or solution or a new way of doing something?
Unlike the times of old, it is at our fingertips now.
Would you really want to go back?


Is there a place for the "Old Masters"?
Who Knows.
Is the World flat? Time and Travel has taught us that it is not.
We all have the same opportunity to achieve.
Will we?
Or perhaps we should bury our heads in the sand.

Irene
Just my take on things.

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"From bonsai we receive peace of mind, health and a life’s pursuit. We can also learn generosity, patience and even philosophy about life. We can also have the good fortune to make friends of all nationalities and races with whom we share a mutual trust and respect. This is all thanks to bonsai." "Saburo Kato"




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