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Originally posted by TreeBay
If there are no "bad trees" there could be no "good" ones either. Simple logic. Now we know there are good trees. I have seen quite a number this past week. I have also seen a few that (IMHO) weren't even worth photographing.
Regards,
Matt
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You just might be right about the "no good tree thing" Matt.
In all my 30 plus years in bonsai I have yet to see a tree that someone, somewhere couldn't find fault with it.
All one has to do is show their tree to one or more people and their will be things that must be changed. Things that are wrong. Real or imagined. But there will always be something wrong.
Seems like it is the natural thing for a bonsai person to do. Look for what is wrong. Must be in the jeans. ;o)
A few years ago I changed the way I looked at bonsai. I started looking for what was right about the tree, not what was wrong. I found that this was more enjoyable for me. It also allowed me to see "the whole picture" so to speak. The outline of the tree. The interplay of the different elements. I lost that tunnel vision. And it did cause me to like bonsai a whole lot better.
Not saying that the whole world is wrong am I am right. Just that I found a way that works for me. But then I am easily amused and not all that bright.
As my wife is constantly reminding me I AM ONLY A MAN.
By the way, I do find a lot of things done right on David's tree. This is why for the first time in a long time I posted anything on someone's tree. I do like what he has done.
But then that is only one mans opinion. About the same as every other critique ;o)
Yes I can make something from any tree set in front of me. Sometimes it is good bonsai and sometimes it is just firewood. But no one would agree with it either way. Something would still be wrong with the tree or the fire.
Hope most of you realize that this was written with a silly grin on my face.
Impress your self with your trees and just tolerate everybody else's opinion.