David Chauvin

When starting bonsai, it seems I couldn't pass up a nursery without picking up some kind of tree that I was sure could be a bonsai. Even though I still have a few of these, they will never get the time and effort to develop into "nice" trees. The time I do have for bonsai is spent on the trees I feel have the most potential. But for a novice like me, these trees are valuable for the knowledge gained in learning to grow trees in pots. It seems that like most things in life, timing is everything, and this is best learned through experience. I will take chances on these trees that I wouldn't on my "real" bonsai and some valuable lessons have been learned. Choosing material is a skill learned through practice and this skill develops just as styling and growing skills advance.

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"With the death of the Shamen, artists are the last interpreters of the Divine." Joseph Campbell