JDubinski

Hey All,

I was wondering if anyone has ever tried taking stories from different religions or mythologies and their relations to trees and incorporated those stories into their bonsai? There have been some posts on here about "western" styles of bonsai and I thought it might be interesting to bring in folklore and western mythology and religion into some trees.

I know there are many stories thoughout history on the symbolic importance of trees. Like Buddha and the Banyan tree where he sat until he found enlightenment, Daphne and the Laurel tree, and the serpent and the Tree of Knowledge. I am pretty sure their are other stories also that could end up making some beautiful bonsai.

I am growing some trees from seed that I am planning planning on using for some root-over-rock styles to try out some of these ideas. It will be a few years before anything starts to look nice (especially since some of the trees I have are only about an inch and a half tall.

If anyone has tried out anything like this before and has some pictures, I'd love to see them.

Thanks,
Jeff

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