Walter_Pall

'If one could line up 100 bonsai masters and have them ,one at a time, critique a bonsai then one would get 100 different answers.'

Ron,

I am afraid that this is not the case. Whatever a master is, it is probably not the average bonsai enthusiast. What I consider master ( I think it is a ridiculous habit to put ' around the term master) I know about 80 % of them personally and have shared thoughts with them. I know what an outcome would be. It is close to get 30 different answers when asking 100 masters.

How do I know this? Well, I had to particpate on judging together with other masters quite often. Lets take we had to choose the ten best of 200 trees. If you were right we would choose ten differnet trees. The reality is usually that more than 50 percent are the same trees.

BTW: Quite often the general public has very differet trees on their list and does not understand our decision. Tough luck!

best regards
Walter Pall