bnsaijim

Ron,

How does one go about changing a system that no one particular person created- that has evolved over time and represents the unique contribution of the West to bonsai?

I've almost 40 years of bonsai rags on my shelf- it's interesting to see the evolution- no Internet, no pots, no books. A few lone teachers of substance and some "newsletters" where folks would write (on a typewriter, mind you!) their experiences with this or that tree , oft accompanied by a grainy xerox of a bad photo of some scrawny twig grown in a drilled out ash tray or candydish.

Look at the ads for "conventions" back then... Mr. Myron Stummplflemeir will show us repotting techniques for the Chinese Elm- "101 ways to rootprune" followed by Ms. Edith Krabople's vs. Sally Milford-Johnson in a live action battle "Wiring or Clip and Grow".

Thank the LORD for the ROBINSON and his chainsaw massacre!

Is the "PT Barnum demo" necessarily such a bad thing? What hapened to "let the buyer beware"? "Don't try this at home, kids..."

People don't need to know how to make a brush stroke to paint, that clay has memory to make a pot. We have an inner muse screaming inside that must be sated. We need a show, not Ms. Krabople's technique! We've paid dues dagummmit!

;^)

Jim
TX