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Originally Posted by rockm
"Dan doesn't stress the tools or the methods... he stresses results"
HA. BLASPHEMY 
"He believes with great conviction that there isn't any significant benefit to be had with using copper. "
Expect villagers with pitchforks and torches now that you're said this in public
You know you're probably going to look back at this experience in a decade or so as you're working on your own collection of huge trees (working with big trees is habit forming. You might find you are unable to work on anything smaller than two feet after you're done) with marvel. You're extremely privileged to have tapped a rich well of experience.
P.S.--I'd say the exercise in unwinding the wire might be similar to the "wax on, wax off" shtick in Karate Kid Unwinding it unveils how it was done and shows you how to do it--all while doing a REALLY tedious, time consuming, task for Dan. |
Mark...
A little blasphemy is exactly what mainstream bonsai needs...
As to the villagers bit... that was funny. But I don't mind if someone disagrees, it'll just make for stimulating conversation.
I have already realized a true fondness for size.... I'm soooooooooooo glad I have acreage... (laugh) I have room for it.
And shoot... I'm marveling now. Dan and I have already determined that we'll be bickering over trees long into his old age. Cept eventually I get to tell him just to be quiet and leave me to it, and *I* will be the one with the die-grinder. (He got a laugh out of that.)
Believe me, I keyed in on the value of unwinding for the purpose of learning, about 5 mins into it.... while I was sweatin' bullets.
I actually want to do a bit of a article on how he wires, as with everything else... it's unusual in some respects. I do like knowing, that by doing the tedious stuff, I give him time to do other more artistic projects. Like applying wire to another tree, which I'll get to unwire at some future date.
Yours in amusement,
Victrinia