Walter_Pall

"What are the criterion for these so called artist trees? What is it that makes them far and away better than the rest? What am I supposed to be looking for, or is it a feeling? Is is a display, maybe a three point display, maybe the pot, or the way the whole package is put together."

I should know better than to enter this heated discussion. But It is this sort of discussion that has always stimulated me, although a real lot of irrelevant things come up usually. So what!

My short answer to the questions above:

An artistic bonsai is a little tree in a container that moves my heart. That moves my heart although it is hard-boiled by having been exposed to so many trees before. The person who has made this happen is an artist.
A beatiful little tree in a container that does not move my heart can still be an excellent piece of craft to me, but not art in my very personal sense.

It is not beauty, but can be beauty that touches my heart, it can be anything, it canot be put into words. It is like the sexy kick, if you know what I mean. If I see it I know it immediately. If you ask me why, I can give you a lot of words, but not an answer. BUT I KNOW!

confusing enough?
Walter Pall