Earl

David, that is a fine tree. It'sh hard to believe it came from nursery stock because it is so craggy and old looking. I would swear it is was a collected tree.

Is the pot homemade? I really like it also. I may use it for a model and make one myself, if you don't mind.

The only idea I would have, and it is a very tentative one, is I might change the jin on top a little. The tree flows to the right and and front and my eyes follow it that way but when I look at the jin it is going to the left and it is little jaring. What I learned in Naka's book (I always have to quote others because my own knowledge is to inadequate!) is that generally you generally think of a jinned branch just like a real branch. A real branch on a tree cascading over a rock would probably have been blown by the winds the same direction as the main branch. But that is a very minor, minor comment.

It's a great tree and pot.

Earl

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