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No. 1: A bonai person. Very much into the bonsai scene. Goes to all the major events, conventions and shows. Has read many books and has made some very acceptable bonsai. A very talented bonsai artist, but works on very unacceptable stock most of the time due to finances.
Gets a chance to go to Japan to work with a Master. A 5 year program.

What will become of this person?

No. 2: A bonsai person sort of. Works on seeing how many trees will be killed this year. Has a vast collection of mallsai, and hundreds of small seedlings in all sorts of containers from milk cartons to washed out oil drums. Gets a chance to go to Japan to work with a Master. A 5 year program.

What will become of this person?

If both apply themselves, is it reasonable to say that each will come out rather equal?

I am not sure what I am trying to convey here. Maybe some will better be able to say what it is I am trying to say.
Maybe it is what is to be expected of learning with a Master?

Can they teach those that are not ready to learn?

Should someone not really ready to learn seek out expieranced help?

Exactly what should be expected from a learning enviornment away from home?

Are there secrets that are taught to pupils that are not yet written about in the West?


When guest artists come to your local club, have you ever sat back and really watched the process. Most artists will expect you to tell you a little about the plant, and what you envision for the future for the plant. At this point most will hardly ever tell you that your thoughts were totally out of this world, yet they may be thinking it. Are these guests really saving your libido or doing you a disservice? If the instructor comes around on the first pass and tells you to cut here and cut there, wire this up and wait till I get back, what have you really learned? The instructor gets back and bends the branch into place, and the corners of your mouth start to rise, and the spit in your mouth starts to dry out a little. Heck this is starting to look like something!

But again, what have you really learned? Would you be able to take a plant from scratch and do the same things over with a different set of complications? Obviously the plant will not be that same.

Just what is the best way to get educated in the art of bonsai?

Practise! Practise! Practise!

Tell me I'm curious...
Al

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A tree a day...thats all we ask.

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